I was thinking the same thing.
Not to derail, but was talking to a current high school coach out here in Concord, CA (no, not Della Salle, but one of their rivals) and we talked bout the state of the game.
His verbiage was “it’s a ***** game b/c we let the gov’t get involved pushing their own agenda.”
Took me by surprise. Stated he agrees w no more horse collaring, and helmet spear shots, but the shoulder shots, or a player going for a tackle & the opponent is on his way down so they hit helmets is Bull Chit. Also said his brother in law is a neurosurgeon and according to him, CTE is not as common as the media has made it seemed. The likelyhood is more prevalent, but the mass hysteria that if u play football u WILL get CTE is a total sham.
Talked to a former NFL player months prior to this coach and he admitted some things did need to be cleaned up, but they are over exaggerating some things which will hurt, if not destroy the game in the future.
Again, not trying to derail, but when I saw some of these hits, no way ST or Vilma would not have been kicked out in today’s version of football.