Donald Trump waded into the revised kickoff guidelines within the NFL. Chiefs particular groups coach Dave Toub would gladly usher him proper again out of the dialog.
Toub, 63, stated Trump’s critique doesn’t maintain a lot weight.
“He doesn’t even know what he’s taking a look at. He has no thought what’s occurring with the kickoff rule,” Toub stated. “Take that for what it’s value. I hope he hears it.”
The NFL altered kickoff guidelines in back-to-back offseasons to deal with participant security and improve frequency of kickoffs. Concussions have been the most important damage concern and the league knowledge confirmed a discount of documented head accidents on kickoffs of almost 43% within the first 12 months of utilizing the dynamic kickoff.
Trump claimed the modifications are not any safer and appeared on the Pat McAfee Present to share his opinion with the previous Indianapolis Colts particular teamer, calling the NFL kickoff “horrible” and “demeaning”.
“I hate the kickoff in soccer,” Trump stated within the interview aired final week.
“I feel it’s so horrible. I feel it’s so demeaning. I feel it hurts the sport, it hurts the pageantry. I’ve instructed that to Roger Goodell. And I don’t assume it’s any safer. I imply, you continue to have guys crashing into one another. It’s the other of what the sport – the ball is within the air, no one’s transferring. It’s purported to be when the ball is within the air, when the ball is performed, you’re purported to be transferring. The pageantry of the sport is so badly harm.“
Toub, who additionally serves as assistant head coach to Andy Reid, has been with the Chiefs for 13 seasons. Certainly one of his prized pupils has been kicker and vocal Trump supporter Harrison Butker, a 2017 draft choose who developed into one of many franchise’s high three point-scorers. Butker {and professional} golfer Bryson DeChambeau have been amongst athletes on the White Home in July to announce the return of the Presidential Bodily Health requirements in public colleges.
