49ers Feeling Helmet-to-Helmet Hits? From Patrick Willis to Their New Stadium

October 26, 2010   ·   Joseph Burkey   ·   Jump to comments

The tangled web of the NFL's collective bargaining agreement (CBA) and the rippling effects of helmet-to-helmet collisions have already found their way into the 49ers new stadium, which of course, is not a done deal by any means yet.
This net is still quite garbled right now, so bear with me on this one.
 
Issues
The NFL and the Players Union should be reaching a new CBA by March 2011. Key issues will involve the NFL potentially moving towards a longer regular season, the salary cap, restricted and unrestricted free agency, regulating contracts to high-profile rookies and attending to matters of player's safety.
Last week's games, however, took the issues in an unexpected direction, as several players suffered severe concussions. With these concussions attributed largely to helmet-to-helmet hits, the league quickly responded by liberally increasing fines for those hits, and issuing a warning that suspensions will be handed out if such hits continue.
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