very essence of the game we played and loved. If we continue to take the toughness out of the game it will end the reason for loving the game. Our intelligent people have to come up with something that will enable the game to be played with toughness while adding more safety. Soccer stinks. My only hope is that people realize that the most concussions come from soccer but it is not even because of toughness. It is because they strike the ball with their heads.