The Most Dangerous Job In Football Just Got Safer

100 knock downs 2 concussions and 3 surgeries – no its not Aaron Rodgers, although with 37 sacks against him in 2009 he is lucky not to have been seriously injured.  The stats refer to the on field umpires, who will be repositioned for the 2010 season in an attempt to minimise the risk to them. Whether this means more or less infringements are spotted remains to be seen.

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