Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium supposedly has a seating capacity of 100,119. But they managed to pack in 101,437 people for the Texas-UCLA game this season.
The BCS is a slobbering love-fest between those who can vote and the big schools around the country. But, this thread is about the NFL "devastating hit" rule, so I won't get into the BCS rant like someone above me did
I fully agree that there are some collisions that are simply uncalled for and players should be dealt with harshly. But I think the NFL is going just a little too far past what's necessary in this situation.
Football is a collision sport. There are going to be some big collisions because there are some big dudes out there. That's why everyone watches the game. We don't watch it to see guys get hurt, but we sure as heck don't watch it to see a bunch of cupcakes running around either. I liken it to why people watch NASCAR. They're not really interested in seeing a car make left turns all day, they're watching it for the wrecks. They don't want to see anyone get hurt, but the wrecks sure are spectacular.
The players get paid millions of dollars because the collisions that occur out on the field are part of the entertainment value of football. Sure a lot of us enjoy the strategy of the game as well, but the collisions are what make the game authentic. Without that, we're just watch the WWE with a ball... oh wait, that was tried...