Injuries are a Turn Off for Some NFL Fans

Posted by Steven M. Cohen Nov 5, 2008

Boy, what a football season it has been so far for the NFL. Last year's Super Bowl winning New York (New Jersey?) Giants are going strong, despite losing several key players to retirement and injury. The Super Bowl losing Patriots are hanging in despite losing their All-World quaterback and leader, Tom Brady, to injury in the first quater of the the first game of the seaon. Perennial power Indianapolis Colts are struggling, due to key injuries to the offensive line, and due to quarterback Peyton Manning's struggle to return from off-season knee surgery.

Do you notice a pattern here? I do - INJURIES! I follow the NFL like millions of other fans, but I can't help but be disturbed by the seemingly endless parade of stretchers taking players off the field. While I love watching the games, and find them entertaining, I'm getting turned off by the carnage among the players. I think the NFL needs to look into ways to decrease the injury rate in the league, before the average fan notices the human toll the game takes.