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When the NFL got blasted for years over its stances on player safety, concessions were coming. Anyone who complained loudly about the league's handling of concussions can't logically also complain when rules were put in place to make the game safer.
Part of making the game safer was doing away with kickoffs.
There will technically be kickoffs in the NFL going forward, but mostly in a ceremonial way it seems. This week's rule change in which teams will take possession at the 25-yard line on fair catches of kickoffs and safety kicks will make for far fewer kickoff returns, at least for the one-year trial of the rule.
Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid is a football lifer, a lock Hall of Famer after two Super Bowl titles the past four seasons. And he's not happy with the trend, which includes the new kickoff rule.
"My thing is, where does it stop, right?" Reid said, according to NFL Network's James Palmer. "We start taking pieces and we'll see how this goes. But you don't want to take too many pieces away or you'll be playing flag football."
That has been and will continue to be the push and pull with NFL rules designed for safety. It's impossible to make a violent game like football completely safe. But plenty of fans will yearn for things like a safety crushing a receiver coming over the middle. Or kickoffs.
Reid is one of the most respected voices in football. He's not alone in his opinion either. Plenty of people have bemoaned the rule changes, which sometimes lead to ludicrous penalties, but they're not going to stop. Ridding the game of most kickoffs, one of the most dangerous plays in the game, shouldn't be too surprising.
Football is changing. Everyone will adjust even if some, like Reid, are worried about where it's all headed.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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