Football in General

In my opinion, referees are too strict.  Football should be less like other sports.  Hockey has less protective penalties than does football.  Football should not have so many rules and insane penalties to protect certain players.  Kickers and quarterbacks should be football players too.  The rule was don't stop until the whistle blows and if a defensive player came in and knocked a quarterback down, that should be legal.

The NFL has too many rules to protect their players because if Peyton Manning gets hurt, nobody would get Mastercard or get #18 jerseys anymore.  Nobody likes players out of their prime.  Ladainian Tomlinson, for example, was the best running back in the league.  As soon as he stopped being a threat, his jersey sales went down dramatically.  The NFL, like any business, is all about money.  Quarterbacks are the NFL's number one position and if any quarterback would get injured over a roughing the passer, then they would lose money because usually football players are never the same after an injury.  Then the media has to come in and find another person to take his place.

Penalties should only happen when it is very obvious.  If a defensive end would knock over a quarterback after he passes it, he should be open game.  They are football players and shouldn't act like girls. The same goes for kickers and punters.  If a punter would get touched, he would fall flat to the ground, like there was an earthquake.  I think if a player does something like that, they should be the one penalized.

Rules haven't been the same since football has been a dangerous sport.  I think that it is more dangerous with equipment because cleats, facemask, and other solid equipment can cut up exposed skin and bruise fingers.  Sure, that is not worse than having a concussion or broken bone, but i think that a game of football with some friends will not result in those harsh injuries.  Playing football is not that dangerous, in my opinion.  It is more dangerous to play with equipment than without and the referees make a big deal of being safe than anything else.