Originally Posted by Anonymous
Tasteless attempt to tie these two unrelated issues together. A new low.





"Creating this groundball scenario can generate a dangerous situation. It will promote more open field collisions which, in turn, mean more injuries and concussions at a time where safety amongst players is of the utmost concern. The ball that is indiscriminately rolled out produces a scenario where the faceoff man and the opposing wing are running at full speed to win the groundball for their team. The result of this situation will include violent collisions which will produce a higher percentage of high impact injuries. Such open field collisions will be similar in nature to the hit that James Pannell of UVA laid on Hopkins’ LSM Michael Pellegrino on March 22, 2014 where they were both running at full speed for the groundball at midfield. The result of this vicious hit was Michael Pellegrino being helped off the field by trainers. Again, the safety of the student-athlete should be of the highest priority and this rule will promote unnecessary collisions that compromise the safety of the player."