Why big hits are disappearing from pro sports

Going back 10 years, most of the bone-tingling hits we see today would be hailed as “Football baby!” But now, every time there is a big hit, the words that always follow are “Where did he hit him?” Unfortunately, some of these big hits result in injuries. It is a game where split-second decisions can make of break an entire game.
My problem is whenever there seems to be a big hit where a referee can’t exactly make out where the initial point of contact was, they likely will throw a flag for either “contact to the head” or “hit on a defenseless receiver,” essentially trying to eliminate these big hits, which I believe puts fans in the stands.

The recent settlement with former players and families of who suffer from the long-term consequences of concussions they got while playing in the in the NFL cost the league a lot of money— $765 million to be exact.
These players sued their former employer because they believed the NFL had withheld knowledge about the long-term effects of concussions and they were not receiving nearly as much help from the league paying medical expenses that could be directly linked to their time playing in the NFL.

By penalizing players for certain hits that could cause major injuries, they are taking the onus off themselves and placing it on the players. Hits that have been deemed legal for years and have made leagues a ton of money are all of a sudden illegal. Why? Because the NFL wants to be able to say, “Well, we told you guys not to hit each other that hard, but you continued to anyways. Not our fault.”

Ignoring the most obvious fact that this is football, you’re never going to eliminate head injuries. But the NFL can make it look like they’re trying. They feed the public a bunch of crap about how they’re trying to make the game safer for youth. Although in some ways it’s true, the NFL is also just covering their own asses from future lawsuits that could take money out of their pockets.
Football is a game of high-speed collisions. Injuries are going to happen, and it’s ridiculous for the NFL to change the entire way the game is played because they are afraid they will lose more money, overlooking the fact that these exact same hits are partly why they make so much in the first place.

The way the NFL handled the concussion lawsuit was completely gutless, and they may have triggered the beginning of the end of football as we know it.
No longer are big hits looked at as a part of the game. Rather, they’re frowned upon because the other guy may get injured, which to me sounds as obvious as the “Caution, hot!” warning on our coffee cups.