0 a style of playing football in which trying to prevent the opposing team from scoring is more important than scoring goals yourselves. Many people consider this style to be boring and against the principles of the game. --
More than that, you're playing into the hands of the anti-football people, and giving them further grounds for their charge of brutality.
And standing on the front porch, staring at us with a satisfied grin on his face, is the anti-football member of the school board himself!
We really have to step back and make this not about pro-football or anti-football but how to protect kids.