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| Shoulder pads?
When I watch games from the early 90’s on YouTube I’m staggered by the size of the shoulder pads and other bits of protection some players are wearing. I mean to the modern eye it looks like armour.
Players today don’t seem to wear anywhere near as much protection. Now we all know modern youth are soft  so it can’t be that players are tougher, so why has it dropped out of use?
I only bring it up because already we are two shoulders down (Walker and Westerman), so would it’s reintroduction help?
I really don’t know the science or the stats but from a layman’s perspective you’d think it might help? |
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When I watch games from the early 90’s on YouTube I’m staggered by the size of the shoulder pads and other bits of protection some players are wearing. I mean to the modern eye it looks like armour.
Players today don’t seem to wear anywhere near as much protection. Now we all know modern youth are soft ![]()
I once read that Wigan stopped their players using them. The arguement was that whilst it made the impact softer for their players, it also reduced it for the opponents they were tackling. I don’t know if this is why everyone else followed suit.
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| Quote: Fishermanscap "Shoulder pads?
When I watch games from the early 90’s on YouTube I’m staggered by the size of the shoulder pads and other bits of protection some players are wearing. I mean to the modern eye it looks like armour.
Players today don’t seem to wear anywhere near as much protection. Now we all know modern youth are soft ![]()
They also had padded shorts for a while too but, I think they were outlawed.
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| Quote: JINJER "A few Stranglers fans about. ![]()
Nah, I'm too busy looking at the peaches.
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| Quote: wrencat1873 "They also had padded shorts for a while too but, I think they were outlawed.'"
You're thinking of Tom Jones, Wrencat. |
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