Meriweather Makes a Scary But Good Point.

After multiple hits on defenseless players in the past few weeks, Brandon Meriweather was suspended for two games. An appeal reduced his sentence to one game but that didn't stop him from making a few comments that are sure to shake the offensive players in the league. His main point regarding the hit zone for defensive players is below.

 "I guess I just have to take people's knees out," Meriweather said. "That's the only way. I would hate to end a guy's career over a rule, but I guess it's better other people than me getting suspended for longer. You just have to go low now, man. You've got to end people's careers. You got to tear people's ACLs and mess up people's knees. You can't hit them high anymore."

A claim like this makes me believe he shouldn't be on the field when injuring players is on his mind. He provided examples of different injuries he was willing to give opposing players.

This article is a great example of a causal argument. Rule changes cause knee injuries. This argument has many examples of grounds because there are many great reasons for the rule changes. Head and neck injuries are the most important issues and as many steps as possible should be taken to keep them to a minimum. Therefore because of the rule changes, the players well being and lives are safer due to reduced concussions and head injuries, but they are at a much greater risk of career ending injuries because defensive players are going to be expected to tackle much lower. A countercliam will always be present that the league is softening, and all the rule changes are taking away from what drew fans to the games initially, Violence.


http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9895448/brandon-meriweather-words-reflect-real-problem