(10-10-2022, 03:10 PM)Mikey Wrote:

(10-10-2022, 06:55 AM)Jag88 Wrote: I dont remember anyone getting seriously hurt in the pro bowl game. I could be wrong. Its just a shame they cant just play one game all out with the best players of the season as traditional.

Not entirely sure, but in a bit of cruel irony, Robert Edwards was the first person I thought of when the shield brought up flag football. If you're a certain age, you probably don't even have to google that one.

I've seen some big hit/dirty hit compilations and a few looked like they were in probe owl games. Those are real head scratchers. Like, there are no real trophies at stake, no monster contracts riding on this exhibition. Keep it fun!

Agreed, I'd ban the game entirely. Going to the flags just makes it more of a laughingstock. And as you noted, freak injuries can still occur even in a flag game, although if my memory serves me correctly, Edwards was injury prone at Georgia. Either way, it was effectively the end of his career. Just have a skills competition with some kind of fan interaction and leave it at that.

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