"I hate the kickoff in football, Trump said in the interview aired last week. I think it's so terrible. I think it's so demeaning. I think it hurts the game, it hurts the pageantry. I've told that to Roger Goodell. And I don't think it's any safer. I mean, you still have guys crashing into each other. It's the opposite of what the game the ball is in the air, nobody's moving."
"The NFL altered kickoff rules in back-to-back offseasons to address player safety and increase frequency of kickoffs. Concussions were the major injury concern and the league data showed a reduction of documented head injuries on kickoffs of nearly 43% in the first year of using the dynamic kickoff. Trump claimed the changes are no safer and appeared on the Pat McAfee Show to share his opinion with the former Indianapolis Colts special teamer, calling the NFL kickoff terrible and demeaning."
Dave Toub, Chiefs special teams coach and assistant head coach, dismissed Donald Trump's critique of the NFL kickoff rule as uninformed. The NFL changed kickoff rules in consecutive offseasons to improve player safety and increase kickoff frequency. League data showed a nearly 43% reduction in documented head injuries on kickoffs during the first year of the dynamic kickoff. Trump called the kickoff "terrible" and "demeaning," argued it was not safer and said it hurt the game's pageantry. Toub has been with the Chiefs 13 seasons and coached kicker Harrison Butker, who attended a White House event with Bryson DeChambeau.
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