Players and their families have complained that the National Football League (NFL) has turned a blind eye to the dangers involved in the sport, especially those that come from repeated concussions and head injuries. More than 4,000 players have brought cases against the NFL. read more
Injuries in rugby are less career-ending, while i admit they do seem to be getting more serious, but that's mostly at a professional level, and i think we need to remove that from the scope of this discussion, professionals are going to get bigger and faster, and injuries will get more serious because of that, which is a problem that the professional game will have to deal with sooner rather than later; but at the amateur level, i don't see that happening. read more
Tackles are made less often in American football than in rugby: an average of 89 tackles were made in NFL games in the 2014 season, compared to an average of 221 tackles per game in top-level rugby games, according to a 2011 study by the British Journal of Sports Medicine. read more