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Message: [QUOTE="Midean, post: 3263881, member: 10185"] You are right. I was first drawn to league as a kid because it was brutal and tough. You had to be tough as nails to play, and the small men in the game where admired because they held their own with the big blokes. Fellas like Langer and Toovey were tiny compared to the likes of Harrigan and Lazarus. There were brutal rivalries between teams and individuals and you knew that when they faced each other it was going to be a bloodbath. There would be fights, and huge hits and every now and then some really dirty shit as well. No one complained the game was too rough, or too violent, or that players were going to get hurt. You had guys like Arty Beetson playing with a broken arm, and more recently, Peter Wallace playing on with a ruptured testicle. These days players take a slap in the face and have to go to the sideline for a HIA. The people that are offended by the rough stuff are calling the shots and its killed the essence of the game. Bring back the biff, bring back the shoulder charge. Make the players sign waivers so the game can be awesome again. Obviously im half joking. But still, no one got badly hurt from any fights on the field, and the big suspensions and send offs were used for the grubbiest of acts (Hopoates stray fingers for example). Its not RL anymore, its a watered down version that has pandered to people who think brutality and aggression has no place in sports. [/QUOTE]

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