Yes, but what is football? Is much of it hitting people as hard as possible? What about the other skills, running, passing, etc? If the league allowed heavy hits on players, so many would be injured temporarily or long term. Then the game degenerates into something like a clubbing fest, but without the clubs. IMO, Taylor more or less deserved what he got. Super aggressive on the field, and was taken out by a small punk being super aggressive with a pistol.Dude was animal. So was Sean Taylor hit at least as hard, ran faster, and could actually catch the ball. The guy would literally run home after practice. Every hit Atwater ever made would draw a flag in the national fag league now. Exept the ones he made on his own teammates. I bet was scary going in to hit a reciver with him on the field. Cuase if he was there he would just blow everyone up.