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[QUOTE="Orangeman, post: 1221220, member: 972"]
The Networks are in on it.

They ponied up billions and want to keep the ratings story going.

I'll say it again...guys get hurt all the time.  One year, the Patriots' QB got hurt when he was hit below e knee.  missed the whole season and the Pats barely missed the playoffs.  Yes a function of relatively good coaching and I'm sure the system helped them along, but they missed the playoffs.

That offseason the "ownership" enacted a NEW RULE that said a defensive player rushing at full speed and trying to get past a 320 pound person needs to not hit a QB below the knee.  How absurd is that?  If Brady ever got hit and hurt his shoulder you know there would be a rule about that.

If this league WASNT about protecting its financial investments, ranging from owners to networks, there would be NO SUCH RULE at all.

It doesn't matter if the rule is right/wrong, makes sense or doesn't, or is fair or not.   Is it analogous to chop-blocks and clipping?   Doesn't matter.  It definitely shows though, that the almighty dollar rules over competitive balance in at least one way (or hadn't any other QBs had their ACLs torn in the past?)
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