dugutigi
King of Norway: I don’t have any experience yet with the GSSL. I’m with you on the slide tackling. I don’t like it either at this age. I could be wrong, but I can imagine too many players over 40 going down on the hard turf to often. You can get hurt performing a slide tackle as well. I think with some caution and smart play, you can avoid injury. The Over-40 league would have little success if players were dropping like flies. The only way to know for sure is to try it out for a season. If its too rough or not your style, you wouldn’t have to come back for another. Interestingly, I broke my ankle in a Co-Rec game about 8 yrs ago. You just never know what’s going to happen. In some cases a slide-tackle could be safer than getting run over. Let me know what you want to do.