|
Replies: 15
| visibility 1
|
Varsity [203]
TigerPulse: 98%
Posts: 227
Joined: 12/27/07
|
Go back to the old goal posts
Sep 8, 2015, 10:43 AM
|
|
|
|
Look at the photo comparison!! Previously, the padding was about 10" thick, and the goal post base consisted of only about 8" diameter round solid metal. Now . . . the padding is 4" thick at best, and the base consists of approx. 16" X 18" rectangular solid metal!! Not only was there previously much less metal to run into, when the goal post base was round, players could deflect off of it and there was much less likelihood of hitting it "square".
Isn't it ironic that our current collapsible goal posts, which replaced the old goal posts following Clemson-FSU 2003, were intended to increase safety? I'd much rather have injured fans (they can choose whether or not they want to climb on the goal post) than broken necks. By the way I was one of the students that helped tear it down in 2003, and I still have a piece of that goal post in my office!
|
|
|
|
 |
Oculus Spirit [93576]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 95370
Joined: 12/25/09
|
Re: Go back to the old goal posts
Sep 8, 2015, 10:46 AM
|
|
You want Clemson Fans to be prevented from going on the field? That's the only way they go back to the old goalpost.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [40864]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 42920
Joined: 11/30/98
|
Then come up with a better design
Sep 8, 2015, 10:51 AM
|
|
1" or so plate steel with 4" of padding? Really? What idiot came up with that design?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [139823]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 33834
Joined: 12/5/10
|
Two words...
Sep 8, 2015, 10:58 AM
|
|
Balsa wood.
Will break if a player hits it.
Will break if fans try to climb on it.
Will not hurt anyone if it falls on them.
100% biodegradable which will appease the anti-balloon faction.
It's a win, win, win, win situation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Varsity [203]
TigerPulse: 98%
Posts: 227
Joined: 12/27/07
|
Or "LASER" beams
Sep 8, 2015, 11:58 AM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Varsity [203]
TigerPulse: 98%
Posts: 227
Joined: 12/27/07
|
How about no goal posts at all
Sep 8, 2015, 11:56 AM
[ in reply to Then come up with a better design ] |
|
Always go for it on fourth down. Always go for two. That would have alleviated all kicking concerns we had entering into this season.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Guru [1512]
TigerPulse: 69%
Posts: 3475
Joined: 7/4/13
|
Re: Then come up with a better design
Sep 8, 2015, 12:49 PM
[ in reply to Then come up with a better design ] |
|
i proposed exactly how to solve the problem but nobody wanted to read it sooooooo-good luck!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oculus Spirit [75667]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 108819
Joined: 10/26/03
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Famer [24724]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 32204
Joined: 2/15/09
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oculus Spirit [93576]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 95370
Joined: 12/25/09
|
What you and I think doesn't matter.
Sep 8, 2015, 11:13 AM
|
|
It's what the insurance and lawyers think that matter with the determinations.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Famer [24724]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 32204
Joined: 2/15/09
|
yes!
Sep 8, 2015, 10:53 AM
|
|
the retractable goal posts are one of the most paranoid and unnecessary things in the entire country. They are massively expensive and now we have seen a much bigger safety risk for players
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Famer [22718]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 46006
Joined: 3/27/08
|
Re: They did come down a lot easier than the news do***
Sep 8, 2015, 10:58 AM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Guru [1038]
TigerPulse: 36%
Posts: 2527
Joined: 8/10/11
|
Or maybe just get DW to stop lobbing passes up that high
Sep 8, 2015, 11:11 AM
|
|
and leading his WR's into the goal posts. MW had already gotten inside leverage on the DB, there was no need to throw a lob pass up that high. Throw it to his shoulder pad area and MW never has to leave his feet and its an easy TD grab.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Legend [19352]
TigerPulse: 92%
Posts: 22266
Joined: 4/25/04
|
Re: Or maybe just get DW to stop lobbing passes up that high
Sep 8, 2015, 11:49 AM
|
|
You are a feather covered loser.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lot o points [155508]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 65647
Joined: 5/6/13
|
So you just admitted that your actions broke MW's neck
Sep 8, 2015, 11:59 AM
|
|
for shame, sir.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [3573]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 6516
Joined: 6/1/99
|
Freak plays are going to happen
Sep 8, 2015, 12:20 PM
|
|
nothing you can do to stop it. Shoot, I remember when the endzone corners didn't have padding and when a player dove into cart that drives the field level camera. In 40 years this is the first injury I remember from hitting either a round or square goal post.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Replies: 15
| visibility 1
|
|
|
50
