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GGpX said:
That's madness to me. I get pro athletes, to an extent.

But in a rec league with people who play for the fun of it and as a social activity? Nah man. I'll wear my damn neck guard.
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I used to but dropped the neck guard almost 20 years ago as I was the only one wearing one. It's uncomfortable and gets hot and to be honest, I don't think I've ever witnessed a serious neck injury in our leagues. Now I would never ever play without a full face mask but some players do.
 
GGpX said:
Even when I was a kid, I'd never, ever play a game if I didn't have a neck guard and I always thought it was crazy that players in pro leagues never had 'em.
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When I was a kid (I began playing organized hockey in 1972) they made you wear a helmet and a mouth guard (which was idiotic because kids that young still have their baby teeth, which they're going to lose anyway) Also, it wasn't a mouth guard that you actually put into your mouth but an external plastic cage that attached to your helmet by a strap and only covered your mouth. They didn't care about eye protection of any sort and a lot of the helmets were so thinly padded that they'd never pass muster with a CSA inspection today. My first helmet was one of those 3 piece Butch Goring specials.

When I was playing intramural hockey in university (a couple of years prior to the Malarchuk incident) helmets, visors, and neck guards were mandatory equipment.
 

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WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
When I was a kid (I began playing organized hockey in 1972) they made you wear a helmet and a mouth guard (which was idiotic because kids that young still have their baby teeth, which they're going to lose anyway) Also, it wasn't a mouth guard that you actually put into your mouth but an external plastic cage that attached to your helmet by a strap and only covered your mouth. They didn't care about eye protection of any sort and a lot of the helmets were so thinly padded that they'd never pass muster with a CSA inspection today. My first helmet was one of those 3 piece Butch Goring specials.

When I was playing intramural hockey in university (a couple of years prior to the Malarchuk incident) helmets, visors, and neck guards were mandatory equipment.
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Damn, the Patriots are shit. The Hoodie was clearly a creation of Brady, not the other way around. They didn't such this much when Plunkett and Grogan were the QB's.
 
BB didn't evolve all that gracefully with modern-day football.

Defensively, he's still a guru. But offensively, he's out of his element and it shows.
 
The game has passed him by. Terrible/weird drafting gutted the offence, a weird obsession with special teams, etc.

Hoodie’s last masterpiece was the SB win against the Rams. 10-3. Brady was just managing the game. That was a contrarian finger in the eye to the more modern game, but really it was a last stand.

Kraft needs to clean house.
 
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