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Hi ABoselli, thanks for the info but I would have thought it was more a consumerism thing if only (relatively speaking) 25 have died.Do the companies like their gear to be displayed and do the players like to be all suited up (for whatever reasons?)
Besides the sport of Ki-o-Rahi which was banned by missionaries in NZ in the early 1800's because it was so rough (it basically went underground and has now resurfaced in a much tamer form), we also play rugby union which is a high contact game and claims on average 6 lives EVERY year (since its inception here over 100yrs ago). If you compare our population stats with Americas our 'death rate' is far higher and yet our players still fearlessly play the game without armour or protective equipment. And Ki-o-Rahi is far more brutal than rugby (still no armour worn)!
Just over the ditch our Australian neighbours play their version of rugby, called rugby league and that too is as punishing on the body as rugby - yet still no armour is worn! And farther afield in Italy their version of football is called couchio where it is legal to punch and hack and yet still no armour is worn?!
Is it our psyche or are their other reasons for so much protective gear worn in the American version of football?
[Edited by Taha Maori on Jan 31st, 2003 at 03:48 PM]
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