https://www.halphillips.net/hitting-replaced-tackling-evolutionary-analysis?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hitting-replaced-tackling-evolutionary-analysis Small-Batch Journalism & Comment Wed, 20 May 2026 16:40:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.halphillips.net/hitting-replaced-tackling-evolutionary-analysis#comment-21179 Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:38:52 +0000 http://www.halphillips.net/?p=3129#comment-21179 […] fandom and three decades as a sports writer, including multiple essays published in this space (see here and here) and elsewhere. But the arguments for opting out of the NFL just kept stacking up, like […]

]]> https://www.halphillips.net/hitting-replaced-tackling-evolutionary-analysis#comment-831 Sun, 21 Jan 2018 16:49:25 +0000 http://www.halphillips.net/?p=3129#comment-831 Kinda more than I wanted to know, but kudos for an interesting class. I have heard that some school football programs now run practices without helmets, encouraging players to rely on their fundamentals. All well and good, but I would assert that American football, like American politics, won’t substantially change as long as there is so much unsecured cash flying around.

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