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== Dolphins among NFL players up in arms over leg padding ==

Dolphins among NFL players up in arms over leg padding<br>I don t like them, Dolphins receiver Brian Hartline said last week. Really, they don t do a whole lot. I appreciate them taking the initiative, trying to protect the players, but I don t think the biggest [injuries] are prevented from knee and thigh pads. Hartline was one of the hundreds of NFL players who chose to go without knee and thigh pads before this season. By the league s estimate, just three in 10 pros used the pads when they were voluntary. Skill-position players,[http://www.duodeta.com/upload3/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=96821 导入空标题], who rely on speed and agility, tend to loathe them.But Merton Hanks,[http://stephelp.ru/index.php?title=%D0%A3%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA:Wrxhlrxvj2#Andrew_Luck.2C_Indianapolis_Colts_aiming_to_top_heights_of_201 Andrew Luck, Indianapolis Colts aiming to top heights of 201], the NFL s vice president of football operations, said complaints will fade in time. Hanks, a former Pro Bowl defensive back, always wore the extra padding as a player when the league mandated it, and when it did not.From 1979 through 1994, every player had to wear the four upper-leg pads (two on each leg), but the NFL eventually dropped the mandate because they were bulky and the rule was hard to enforce, the league said.But with advances in technology, protective pads have become lighter and less restrictive,[http://www.duodeta.com/upload3/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=96821 导入空标题], to the point where they no longer impact performance, the NFL argued. Furthermore, the league believes the benefits in mandating them will outweigh challenges in enforcement. Intuitively, whenever you have a protective barrier between you and any contact, we would state that it would probably bring about a safer condition, Hanks said. We wanted to minimize thigh and knee bruises, contusions. Our primary concern is the safety of our player. Not surprisingly, some players have a different take. I think when you look statistically at the amount of injuries that occur in this league due to the lack of knee or thigh pads, it is minimal and [the rule] is silly,[http://www.duodeta.com/upload3/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=96821 导入空标题], said Dolphins tackle Tyson Clabo, who nonetheless wore them the first eight years of his career, even when it wasn t mandatory.Bryson Lesniak, an orthopedist at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, said the extra padding will help minimize the effect of deep thigh and knee bruises, which can sideline players for weeks.But the idea they will prevent a broken leg or a torn ACL catastrophic injuries that can cost players months if not an entire season could be a flight of fancy.Lesniak, who does not treat NFL players but speaks regularly with several league physicians, believes the rule change has a secondary intent: To help reduce the instances and severity of concussions.The long-term effects of head trauma are a huge concern for the league, which is being sued by hundreds of former players who said the league hid information linking football-related head trauma to permanent brain injuries, including dementia.The multibillion-dollar lawsuit, which has helped bring about player-protecting rule changes,[http://www.duodeta.com/upload3/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=96821 导入空标题], was ordered into mediation by a federal judge this month.

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== GLENDALE, Ariz.- Arizona's Cooper motivated to live up e ==

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