High school football standout Jayru Campbell arrested a second time

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22. US football is violent, but so is any other contact sport - b-ball, hockey, footy, rugby, soccer,

lacrosse, field hockey....

(Even soccer played at a low-level is fairly violent.)

As far as despising US football, would it be correct to presume that you never played US football? If you had played it, you might see the sport differently - i.e., not so boring. Just for fun assume a given formation with no motion allowed and any other reasonable restrictions you might deem necessary (make the field a 2-D lattice), can you devise a method of counting the number of plays that stem from that formation?

Just borrow a football from someone and go out and play catch with a friend - or - get three other people and play two-on-two, touch football with a five-second rush. You might enjoy that especially on a nice fall day with leaves on the grass. Take a soccer ball along in case it truly doesn't work out - on such a day that would be an equally fun endeavor.

FYI: all the pads prevent a lot of injuries/stitches. Blocking and tackling cause bruises, but more serious injuries are uncommon in my experience. Sprains can be avoided by light taping.

The main problem with US football and many other sports is that they are not purely club sports. Somehow, athletics in the USA became inextricably tangled with education. If anything, that is what needs to be changed.