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Old 02-13-2009, 08:47 PM
Bigtinylittle Bigtinylittle is offline
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Originally Posted by dadmg View Post
You make an excellent point here. I've spent quite a few hours researching running back carry totals and their effects on backs over the last few years and there definitely seems to be a degrading effect. And, while I could say that its just diminishing the player's skill, I think think that's a bit disingenuous. I still believe my initial point has validity, but I think I'm going to reflect a bit on where wear-and-tear fits in things.

Because it involves connotations, I'm just a bit uncomfortable with using the term "skill" for this. I think it would be be better to call it something like injury probability.
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