Isn't Football a 'Contact' Sport?

Apparently there have been four safety proposals passed in the NFL so far that aim to "protect the person getting hit, and the person doing the hitting." As a fan of "football" I can't say that I'm happy about these changes...after all, isn't football a contact sport?

For as long as I can remember, there's been a general understanding that football just isn't for everyone. It's a tough, knockout, down and dirty, grimey, hard hitting sport...and if you don't particularly care for any of the above, it's in your best interest to watch from the stands or the tube. I personally opted out of playing football in highschool because basketball was my life, and I refused to take a chance on getting injured immediately before basketball season. We know what this game is capable of, and those are sadly the exact reasons why we love it...so why go fixing something that isn't broken? Out of these four changes, the one that gets under my skin the most is the (recently nicknamed) "Tom Brady rule." This rule states that a defender (who's been knocked to the ground) cannot lunge into a quarterback if the play is still going on. They say that this is an "adjustment" and not a rule change. I just think that its pathetic that the defender would have to completely stand up, theeeeen attempt to sack the quarterback who now has time to count more "Mississippi's" than what should be necessary for world star athletes! I admit...Tom Brady's injury was bad, but that scenario doesn't always play out as it did in his case. You win some, you lose some, ya know.

I can understand the concern over player injuries, but this is how the game has been played for as long as we can remember. Next thing you know they're going to pass a bill that takes the Hit Stick feature off of Madden (my life would seriously be miserable)! It's ridiculous, and there's a good reason why football is considered a contact sport...because there's CONTACT. Barely takes a genius to know that!