5 times I think 3 of them won yellow cards!! Didn't seem to bother him much, go up
with a smile on his face after a rather crunching body check from Quinn.
Also it seems Grealish wears little or no shin pads and his socks are nearly round his ankles.
This seems a bit mad, but I have been wondering if there is method in the madness.
I am wondering if shin pads actually cause more serious injuries? I expect they give players a false
sense of security, when you have shin pads on you are probably more inclined to got into a crusnching
tackle rather than take evasive action.
It is something called
Risk compensation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_compensation
You take more risks because you feel safer. Apparently seat belts in cars caused more deaths of pedestrians
and cyclists because drivers felt safer and hence drove faster and more recklessly.
But cars are a bit different to footballers, you can get a new car if you crash it with the driver surviving, it is bit different
from a footballer, pads only offer limited protection, they may prevent the odd bruise, but you may still end up with a broken
leg. Also if a player can see you have no protective pads they may be less inclined to put in a really reckless tackle?
Also if you feel less protected yourself I expect you will take more care to avoid such tackles in the the first place.
Apologies for introducing such high brow stuff to the forum
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