This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Working Title: Law of Shoulder Pads: From YKTTW
Law of Shoulder Pads launched as Shoulders Of Doom Discussion: From YKTTW
Duckluck: Should we mention the phenomenon of people having one huge shoulder pad and one regular one to look tough?
Scud East: Shouldn't the title be Shoulders of Doom?
Discussion about the American football players moved off the front page:
- Considering that part of the game is being violently thrown to the ground by 250-pound, extremely strong men running at full speed, the armor is kind of necessary.
- Tell that to rugby players. I dare you.
- Football consists of lining up two teams, having them charge into each other at full speed, lining them back up and doing it again. Rugby isn't, so padding isn't as important.
I add:
- Well, it's not so much not as important as it is simply less used.
Camacan: I reverted to the old page image away from the one below since the old image had much, much bigger shoulders and no spikes. This trope is for astoundingly large shoulderpads — spikes is more Spikes of Doom territory:
