Do Something - Please Do Something!

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Simple solution, we put up portable padding when we practice. But more important we put padding when we are on offense to that end of the field and take it down when the visiting team is on offense moving toward that end of the end if the field easy to change it out it at halftime :)

Yes I know on defense but just teach our player to defend to the back line only.
 
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While they're at it they should bring back the white goal post pads. The orange ones are bad luck plus they're the wrong shade.
 
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I agree something needs to be done. The coaches and players have to be aware of the problem so you wonder if that affects their goaline and red zone plays. Players think about it when the ball is thrown that way or coaches take out a couple plays to avoid that area to prevent injury. I am surprised that with all the rules the NCAA has about safety that there is not one about this.
 
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WoodsmanVol said:
Do it now!!!! I was watching a video of the scrimmage and saw yet another of our players run right up into that darn wall at the endzone. Actually, it was two players one offense, the other a defending player. That thing has taken out players in the past and will again unless neutralized. Pad the entire thing during practices and games. Take it down and install a self-sealing gel wall. Call NorthFace, Summit Hut, or REI. Have them build a baffled canvas wall filled with eider duck down or thinsulate fibers. Use foot thick bubble wrap if you have to, just do something. Just do something!
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3 or 4 years on opening game of the year we had a receiver hit the wall and was out for a month, cant recall his name anybody remember his name. When someone breaks there neck they will do something, why not fix it now.:unsure:
 
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WoodsmanVol said:
Do it now!!!! I was watching a video of the scrimmage and saw yet another of our players run right up into that darn wall at the endzone. Actually, it was two players one offense, the other a defending player. That thing has taken out players in the past and will again unless neutralized. Pad the entire thing during practices and games. Take it down and install a self-sealing gel wall. Call NorthFace, Summit Hut, or REI. Have them build a baffled canvas wall filled with eider duck down or thinsulate fibers. Use foot thick bubble wrap if you have to, just do something. Just do something!
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The walls in both end zones have been completely covered with a thick pad for three years. The pads were painted brown to blend in with the brick, which is why you probably haven't noticed them.

The walls have been in the same place for many years and there have only been two collisions in practices or games that have resulted in a injury that cost a player time on the field.
 
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Where are you watching a video of the scrimmage? I still haven't seen one yet. I have looked everywhere.
 
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onevol74 said:
I would like to see a Pareto analysis of injuries at Neyland to see if there are more injuries due to the walls compared to other injuries. I suspect that there are many more injuries that occur between the sidelines than in the end zones.
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It would serve no useful purpose to say there is only a tiny fraction of all football injuries derived from hitting the wall -- there should be zero injuries from someone hitting the wall, as it is needless and avoidable if we will take adequate measures. Pad it, then pad it some more.
 
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There is a fix in the works. Theyre going to lower the walls so players can jump into the stands like the Lambeau Leap.
 
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onevol74 said:
I would like to see a Pareto analysis of injuries at Neyland to see if there are more injuries due to the walls compared to other injuries. I suspect that there are many more injuries that occur between the sidelines than in the end zones.
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You cannot just compare two seperate types of injuries and say they prove a point. Injuries from the game will out weight injuries from hitting the wall and any other hazard. The report you ask for would prove nothing.

The comparison should be injuries due to field hazards from college stadiums and see if they are more common in certain stadiums. My money would say that some stadiums are more dangerous with their obsticales when compared to others.

Someone hits our wall every year it seems. Normally they are okay but a WR was carted off the field a few years ago after hitting it. I cannot remember his name but that one looked real bad.
 
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DeerPark12 said:
The walls in both end zones have been completely covered with a thick pad for three years. The pads were painted brown to blend in with the brick, which is why you probably haven't noticed them.

The walls have been in the same place for many years and there have only been two collisions in practices or games that have resulted in a injury that cost a player time on the field.
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Please do not distort delusional thinking with facts. People might realize we do not need Obamacare either.
 
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orangebloodgmc said:
It would serve no useful purpose to say there is only a tiny fraction of all football injuries derived from hitting the wall -- there should be zero injuries from someone hitting the wall, as it is needless and avoidable if we will take adequate measures. Pad it, then pad it some more.
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Well, again, it already IS padded completely and quite thickly.

You don't notice it because it is painted brown, intended to blend in with the brick.
 
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WoodsmanVol said:
Do it now!!!! I was watching a video of the scrimmage and saw yet another of our players run right up into that darn wall at the endzone. Actually, it was two players one offense, the other a defending player. That thing has taken out players in the past and will again unless neutralized. Pad the entire thing during practices and games. Take it down and install a self-sealing gel wall. Call NorthFace, Summit Hut, or REI. Have them build a baffled canvas wall filled with eider duck down or thinsulate fibers. Use foot thick bubble wrap if you have to, just do something. Just do something!
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When they finished the brick several years ago I attended the Orange and White game and seen it and immediately thought to myself somebody will break there neck. Later that day Ahmad Paige dove for a ball and his helmet hit the wall making a sound similar to a shotgun. He laid there motionless for a while but was ok. The pad they have is not thick enough, not even close. They should install one two feet thick all the way across the end zone.
 
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DeerPark12 said:
The walls in both end zones have been completely covered with a thick pad for three years. The pads were painted brown to blend in with the brick, which is why you probably haven't noticed them.

The walls have been in the same place for many years and there have only been two collisions in practices or games that have resulted in a injury that cost a player time on the field.
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who was the kid that hit it in the televised scrimmage in Kiffin year?
 
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onevol74 said:
I would like to see a Pareto analysis of injuries at Neyland to see if there are more injuries due to the walls compared to other injuries. I suspect that there are many more injuries that occur between the sidelines than in the end zones.
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PREVENTABLE Injuries!!!!!!! Take the dern Wall DOWN OR do what the OP suggested and 100% of the PREVENTABLE injuries will be stopped........:salute:

It's just a dang, stupid idea to have that kind of brick wall that close to the field--idiotic thinking by someone...
 
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ImportedVoL said:
While I agree with you, pretty sure you are talking to the wrong people. I dont think freak makes enough money from this site to do Stadium renovations. I could be wrong, just seems to me we should be talking to the University about this :p
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we will have to check with him,when he gets back from his world cruise :ermm:
 
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DeerPark12 said:
The walls in both end zones have been completely covered with a thick pad for three years. The pads were painted brown to blend in with the brick, which is why you probably haven't noticed them.

The walls have been in the same place for many years and there have only been two collisions in practices or games that have resulted in a injury that cost a player time on the field.
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i was thinking they were made to look like the brick and wasn't part of the problem,that the end zone wasn't packed full of photographers ? they are a buffer of sorts
 
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