Another Way to Make the NFL Safer

The NFL is doing a great job constantly making their violent game of football a little safer for their players. Last year there was a lot of fines handed out for illegal hits. The referees in the NFL are the best out of the 3 major sports, but they don’t even catch every call.

Some of the flagrant calls the referees make get followed up by the league office with a fine. Is it enough? I believe that a monetary fine is not enough in some cases that result in an injury of another player.

An example is when Dunta Robinson for the Atlanta Falcons hit LeSean Jackson with the Philadelphia Eagles last year. Robinson got fined $50,000 which got reduced to $25,000 after his appeal. Jackson misses a number of games as a result of the hit.

Flagrant fouls that result in a injury, the player in fault should be suspended from playing the same number of games the injured player misses due to their injury. There would have to be a maximum number of games like 10. I think that this would reduce the number of bone-head plays that certain players continue to make.

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