stillers4me
06-01-2011, 06:15 PM
Pittsburgh Steelers (http://www.nfl.com/teams/pittsburghsteelers/profile?team=PIT) wide receiver Hines Ward (http://www.nfl.com/players/hinesward/profile?id=WAR179227) isn't taking the NFL's new rules on flagrant hits as personally as others, but the Pro Bowler said in an interview with WCNN Atlanta (http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2011/06/01/hines-ward-still-sounds-giddy-about-winning-dancing-with-the-stars/) that the guidelines clash with the physical nature of the sport.
"I understand where they’re coming from, but at the same time you can’t protect football," said Ward, who's taken as well as doled out his fair share of hits in a decorated nine-year career. "It’s a violent sport. If you want to protect it, we need to play flag football.”........
read more @ http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8201f0ad/article/ward-says-only-way-to-truly-protect-players-is-flag-football?module=HP_headlines
"I understand where they’re coming from, but at the same time you can’t protect football," said Ward, who's taken as well as doled out his fair share of hits in a decorated nine-year career. "It’s a violent sport. If you want to protect it, we need to play flag football.”........
read more @ http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8201f0ad/article/ward-says-only-way-to-truly-protect-players-is-flag-football?module=HP_headlines