Pads can still destroy your hand unless you’re talking about a foam pit on the edge. Helmets have protected heads in football but made players play the game with riskier tackles and tactics. You can’t take injury out of many games. Just make sure rules involve players having to be in control of their bodies on risky challenges. To me, that play is a suspension for making such a stupid attempt at a block. Completely agree on the photographers and fans being so damn close