That’s fine
Outlaw the high boot - I have no issue with that and can understand your view - I even respect it but the rule is not currently that so you are wrong it is not an ironed on red.
You very rarely accept when you are wrong and I don’t expect you to see it.
You ban the high foot and you have the problem you have in five a side with no above head hieght rule.
Who decides what is high and what is not.
I did not state that anyone left the ground btw but to be fair I didn’t say they didn’t. Let’s say both are fair challenges on leg break
A football can hit a player in the head and cause death or paralysis - how far do you want to go with this ?
There is a lot of research taking place right now about heading the ball due to Alzheimer’s.
Do you watch boxing ? Won’t even go into that. Sometimes we have to accept a sport is dangerous and accidents will happen.
Horses fall in horse racing which result in the horse being put down - is this ok ?
I am not saying you are wrong about the dangers of the high foot but I think you are going down a path that can lead nowhere.
ok that's fair enough. I have my point of view on safety and can actually see that the other side is about intent and whether it's a danger or not.
My views would be
a) who decides? simple 90% of players are average enough height. the rule.should be the player is responsible for his foot and if he puts it high that's his problem so if Peter crouch kicks Raheem sterling in the face it's still a high boot. if a player dips his heads low to win a header (the hardest part of this?) then he should be dinged himself.
b) heading.. this is actually quite contentious and difficult as like the American football and rugby debate the authorities want nothing to do with it.
c) damage. the arteries in the neck and windpipe and larynx are the danger areas never mind an eye. francis shouldnt even be dreaming imo of putting up a foot as accident or no eventually someone will get caught badly. that's my view... and yes a flying elbow is just as dangerous.
d) boxing is boxing. thats my view. ufc is worse. boxing is a guy signing on to get concussed or killed for money. my view is football is not asking that of anyone. no harm in a guy signing a contract knowing the risks.
e) horse racing is pure money. the guys who are anti horse racing on cruelty grounds have their view and i have mine. I think it's very rare you see people destroying horses just because so yes it's a known risk going over jumps and owners put horses into that knowing what will happen as do jockeys.
again do footballers go out to get kicked in the face?
I see no reason why a high boot cannot be banned as in some countries can keep it on the ground. the only loss i can see to the sport is the overhead kick
nice 
