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ESPN’s David Pollack Headbutts A Helmeted Tom Rinaldi On GameDay (Video)

By Phil Watson

Dec 31, 2013; Anaheim, CA, USA; ESPN broadcaster Tom Rinaldi moderates a press conference for the 2014 BCS National Championship at ESPN Zone Downtown Disney. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 31, 2013; Anaheim, CA, USA; ESPN broadcaster Tom Rinaldi moderates a press conference for the 2014 BCS National Championship at ESPN Zone Downtown Disney. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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As a football player, Tom Rinaldi of ESPN is a solid reporter. But the odds weren’t even when analyust David Pollack headbutted Rinaldi Saturday morning.

Somewhere out there, the people who wring their hands about football safety are cringing.

Former NFL player and current ESPN college football analyst David Pollack was serving as one of the demonstrators Saturday morning on College GameDay, along with reporters Tom Rinaldi and Gene Wojciechowski.

At the beginning of the segment, though, Pollack might have been guilty of forgetting where he was and what he wasn’t wearing.

Pollack was seen on camera after the segment, so whatever damage may have been done was invisible.

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But it is never a good idea to headbutt a guy wearing a helmet when you don’t have one on your own dome, even if the guy in the helmet is just a normal-sized human being  and you’re a former All-American who played in the NFL.

To a broader point—is there any value at all about having non-players used to demonstrate football-type actions? Or to having former linebackers doing quarterback drills?

Sometimes this schtick on GameDay feels a lot more like the thinking is: Home Depot gave us this little mini-practice field … might as well do something with it.

Suffice it to say non-helmeted vs. helmeted headbutts probably weren’t in the script.

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