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    A writer from ESPN says boxing should be banned

    The tuesday morning quarterback writer Gregg Easterbrook answered a readers mail letter in his article and said:

    Finally, John Manning of Adelaide, Australia, writes, "With all the heat on the NFL over concussions, what does this say about boxing, where the ideal outcome is to concuss someone so senseless that he loses consciousness? In American football, a concussion is an unfortunate accident. In boxing, it is the object of the sport and a probable outcome." Amen. TMQ favors the banning of all forms of prizefighting. Players get hurt in football, but harm is not the intent of the game -- ballet dancers may ruin their knees or skiers break bones, but those are accidents too. There can be fantastically well-played, hard-hitting football games in which no harm occurs to any player. Boxing is about causing harm. The sport is barbaric, and the sooner it's banned the better.

    #2
    Originally posted by Danny Gunz View Post
    The tuesday morning quarterback writer Gregg Easterbrook answered a readers mail letter in his article and said:
    the name of the game is to hit and not be hit, if you get koed..it's an accident.lol

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      #3
      Originally posted by Danny Gunz View Post
      The tuesday morning quarterback writer Gregg Easterbrook answered a readers mail letter in his article and said:
      Who gives a rat's ass? What a prude.

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        #4
        A safety laying out a wide open wide reciver is worse then getting koed from one punch.

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          #5
          You can immediately turn that on it's head and say...

          In some tackles guys are trying to do harm, in say Rugby, American football, as much as people may like to believe otherwise. Whereas in some boxing matches, a guy can be trying to avoid punches, and outbox not hurt.

          injuries happen in all sport, PERIOD.

          Does it happen in boxing way more, i.e. amount of time injured, ratio of serious injuries, career ending etc???

          Hardly really AFAIK. So a very out of touch and arrogant view point.

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            #6
            i obviously dont agree with him, i just wanted to share the article

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              #7
              And the NFL has countless amount of injuries. High School football has had more injuries and deaths than any sport, should it be banned too? This guy is a clown. Playing football is far more dangerous than boxing. Guy is also an idiot assuming the sport will be banned by saying "the sooner the better". He does realize the sport has been around hundreds of years and will never be banned.

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                #8
                What a *****, his wife should give his back his balls.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Sugar man View Post
                  What a *****, his wife should give his back his balls.
                  No one would marry such ***.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Mighty_Windir View Post
                    No one would marry such ***.
                    His mama shouldn't have breast fed him so much.

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