ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trauma on Field

Re:ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trau... by _puk on Thursday August 31, 2017 @04:19PM (#15143549)

And even the scrums have reduced contact nowadays; arguably this has resulted in them becoming rather difficult to execute well, and they're becoming a bane to the modern game. Tweaking these things does have knock on effects.

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Re:ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trau... by phillc73 on Friday September 01, 2017 @09:02AM (#15147990)

I think there's been a positive change since Rugby Union scum engagements went from "Crouch-Touch-Pause-Engage" to "Crouch-Bind-Set". The initial contact is not as violent, and it would seem far fewer scrums are collapsing, especially on the point of engagement.

I don't have stats to back this up, but my general impression over the last couple of seasons is that less scrums require resetting.

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