Do Something - Please Do Something!

[DeerPark12]

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

And some of them are cushy enough to break some falls.

 

[MrBiggles]

Didn't Josh Smith hit the wall last year in the South Alabama game?

 

[Shakinthefat]

How about a lawsuit if injured due to poor stadium design?

 

[VOLinNC]

I remember Ahmad Page ran into the wall in practice during Kiffin's year, then he left the program shortly after. Sucked thought he was gonna be a player.

 

[WoodsmanVol]

Where are you watching a video of the scrimmage? I still haven't seen one yet. I have looked everywhere.

I believe it is at: #VolReport: Scrimmaging Into Break - UTSPORTS.COM - University of Tennessee Athletics

Looking again after seeing DeerPark's post, I do indeed see some brick colored padding. I also see that the entire wall isn't padded. Apparently and I'm justpresuming with the limited view the video gives, the naked wall is outside the endzone perimeter. But not by much it seems. I have at live games seen plays that slant players toward that uncovered area.

 

[WoodsmanVol]

One day, someone is not going to get up .

https://www.youtube.com/v/nPy9s6rtugs

After seeing this, I must agree, the padding isn't thick enough. Also as you can more clearly, the padding doesn't cover the wall beyond the endzone perimeters. Players do get slanted into that area and can't stop before arriving to the unpadded wall.

 

[WoodsmanVol]

DeerPark's input deems this thread a failure.

DeerPark and the bulk of posters in this thread actually had something to say, Doyle, you don't.