Originally posted by DonnieDarko:
Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Why do these guys all wear shorts now? They will get their knees scraped up, knee contusions and torn up on the field turf. All for a fashion statement and to look cool. Football pants used to come down to your knees. With a knee pad. To protect against scrapes, contusions and field turf too. Even a deep bone bruise if hit directly. Just seems ridiculous and not protective enough.
pads are for b***hes, guys are tougher now
lol
HS kids don't even wear knee pads anymore. My son graduated 4 years ago and he never wore them in a game.
When I played we had big ass thick knee pads they prob weighed 3 lbs when they soaked up sweat and rain. lol
Some dude blew out his knee in training camp and the HC made the AD buy the whole team knee braces. Had to wear them if you wanted to play. Back in the mid 90s those things weighed like 5 lbs each. I went from 200 lbs to 220 with all my s**t on. Couldn't run for s**t. lol

