Some say it's a contact sport, but it's not: It's a collision sport, and
the more violent the collision, from the perspective of at least one team, the better.
The team could either punt, the most likely outcome and considered a safer play given the belief that
more violent collisions tend to occur on kickoffs.
First, the size of a bus can create a much
more violent collision, and one that includes a larger number of cars.
Not exact matches
But contact sports like football tend to involve athletes who are bigger, faster and stronger, resulting in
collisions that have become increasingly
more violent.
A key factor was that the tectonic plates became larger and thicker, so their
collisions were
more violent.
The ongoing discovery of
more fragments makes it unlikely that the asteroid is disintegrating due to a
collision with another asteroid, which would be instantaneous and
violent in comparison to what has been observed.
As Jupiter accreted into a giant planet, its gravitational pull began to disturb the orbits of the nearest planetesimals so that
collisions became
more violent.
When you're young and foolish, you are
more likely than adults to drink behind the wheel, which makes it credible that some will die — as five teens do in a
violent collision with a truck that leaves all dead, including the town reverend's only son.