Un article publié au moment où le football américain traverse une crise de crédibilité. Ce n'est pas la première crise de cette nature et l'auteur raconte un épisode sombre au début du vingtième siècle.
Problème de violence vous dites?
"But calling turn-of-the-century-era football, which resembled a cross between a street fight and the trench warfare of World War I, a “rough sport” is quite an understatement. Protective equipment was virtually non-existent; players wore leather caps and almost no padding. Lasting injuries were commonplace. Roughnecks were admitted into Ivy League schools as ringers to beat up on the opposition. Physicians stood ready on the sidelines. Punching, kicking and choking were common strategies (“I saw a Yale man throttle—literally throttle—[a Harvard player], so that he dropped the ball,” recalled one observer of the 1902 Harvard-Yale game). Players leaped on downed ball-carriers, and endless pileups featured slugging and eye-gouging. The in-fashion play call was the “flying wedge,” where players would link arms, form a V and careen downfield, running over their rivals."
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/09/teddy-roosevelt-saved-football-111146.html?hp=f1#.VB8fVPl5M1I
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire