• Stovetop@lemmy.worldOP
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    1. Remove the backdoor no ball. It does not benefit the sport but puts a lot of stress on bowlers bodies, knees in particular. The most commonly injured body part for bowlers. They land with 6x the impact of their bodyweight on one knee 6 times an over, like 20 overs a day. No good.

    I can get behind any rule that exists to protect the players. Sports are inherently physical but they shouldn’t endanger the athletes.

    One of the reasons why I have a hard time getting behind boxing/certain martial arts as sports, it just feels like slightly more sanitized gladiatorial combat.

    • SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 days ago

      I think fighting sports have their place in society. We’ve had them forever across so many cultures that i can’t really dislike em.

      We just enjoy violence I guess. Better it be controlled than not.