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Message: [QUOTE="CIL, post: 678763, member: 22"] I played both sports in college, and my father played in the NHL and WHA for 7 years. Football is far more physical than hockey. And while concussions and injuries exist in both sports, I found football to be far more taxing on my body. Regardless of what coaches teach, you cannot avoid head to head contact in football - it is bound to happen. NFL players have gotten so big, so fast, and so strong. You don't see players in the NHL get blasted too often when they don't have the puck like you see a defender get when hit by a crack back block. I think even some of us football die hards underestimate the physicality of the game these days. [/QUOTE]