JOEYisROCKhard t1_iy2atla wrote on November 28, 2022 at 4:59 AM

Reply to comment by newusernamebcimdumb in ELI5 in football, why can't the offense hand the ball to a very light person, and hammer throw them toward the line of scrimmage repeatedly? by adunndevster

Yeah, exactly. It's pretty obvious to anyone that has watched 5 minutes of American Football. This is basically a Looney tunes question.

YellsAtGoats t1_iy2gyum wrote on November 28, 2022 at 6:06 AM

Right? Let's say we recruit a "small person" (a clinical dwarf... even someone on the lower end of clinical dwarfism) onto a football team. Let's say that that's 65 pounds of man plus a few more pounds of helmet, shoulder pads, etc.. Well, even the very strongest of men isn't going to fling that other man very far.