Football's goal is not to injure the opponent, and the long term injuries are removed from the field, as I mentioned, so easy to ignore. Can you say the same for MMA? I don't know; I don't watch it, but the matches I have seen do look like their goal is to inflict injury, and it is hard to ignore the common injuries.
I hear you arguing they are the same, but there seems to be something qualitatively different on the face of the "sports."
What do you think about rugby, compared to football and MMA?
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