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CTE found in 110 of 111 former NFL players
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J your linky not working right.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...c48ec4cae25_story.html?utm_term=.ba582fc1ad8d
Maybe the future of football is guys cashing in and retiring young. I've had 4-5 concussions in my life and since my last one 4 years ago I am more susceptible to headaches. If I was playing football for 15+ years, I would be concerned.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...c48ec4cae25_story.html?utm_term=.ba582fc1ad8d
Maybe the future of football is guys cashing in and retiring young. I've had 4-5 concussions in my life and since my last one 4 years ago I am more susceptible to headaches. If I was playing football for 15+ years, I would be concerned.
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- Jun 11, 2014
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Wow!
- Jun 5, 2014
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That will be the future, yes. Tackle football will one day be a distant memory.
- Jun 10, 2014
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Fraid you're right. Size, speed, and strength have turned these guys into modern day gladiators. And, i would assume, that these findings are for players from another era.
- Jun 13, 2014
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As long as its very popular it will probably be around. As soon as the younger people really lose interest in watching it as much it could slowly fade away due to everything.
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Once in a while I skim through the rulebook to try and understand some nuance of the game. What's interesting is that nowhere in the text is any mention about one of the goals of the game to be to lay waste to your opponent. Crushing and destroying people isn't one of the stated goals. The point is to advance the ball without any part of your body other than your foot or hand touching the ground. The goal of the defense is to get the ball carrier onto the ground. But hitting and violence have become such a part of the game that they are for all intents and purposes inseparable from the game itself. The helmet, for instance, was invented to protect a players head from incidental contact, but has really lead to the ability to launch one's body into the opponent with unheralded violence.
On a similar note, brain injuries have got to be just another item on a long list of heinous injuries that are on the rise. The human body wasn't meant to be that big and strong and fast. The number of muscle separations, torn ligaments and even internal injuries seem to also be on the rise although I don't have any data to prove it.
Lastly, the other pads the players wear have literally disappeared before our eyes in the last 20 years. I don't think shoulder pads are even half the size they were when we won our first championship.
On a similar note, brain injuries have got to be just another item on a long list of heinous injuries that are on the rise. The human body wasn't meant to be that big and strong and fast. The number of muscle separations, torn ligaments and even internal injuries seem to also be on the rise although I don't have any data to prove it.
Lastly, the other pads the players wear have literally disappeared before our eyes in the last 20 years. I don't think shoulder pads are even half the size they were when we won our first championship.
- Jun 19, 2014
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Eric Dickerson wore ALL the pads. He wore LB shoulder pads, neck roll, QB flak jacket, even hip pads (nobody wears hip pads anymore) and goggles.
WRs and CBs barely wear any pads at all. Nothing to slow them down.
We could make the game safer for concussions but the helmets would look oversized and goofy. Players want to look cool. You would have to mandate it across every level of football.
The other solution is to go old school. Take the helmet and shoulder pads off, rugby style.
Alex.
WRs and CBs barely wear any pads at all. Nothing to slow them down.
We could make the game safer for concussions but the helmets would look oversized and goofy. Players want to look cool. You would have to mandate it across every level of football.
The other solution is to go old school. Take the helmet and shoulder pads off, rugby style.
Alex.
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http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/new...-technique-lawsuit/15srtbuzodfbk10tkmhxm8ayr7
Football helmets creating more problems than they solve.
Don't know the answer but something to think about.
Football helmets creating more problems than they solve.
Don't know the answer but something to think about.
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The study says the brains showed some sign of CTE. it doesn't say the individuals had any symptoms or effects. The hysteria over this is overwhelmingly offset by the untold hundreds of thousands of ex-football players at all levels who have shown no effects from CTE. There is risk and there are safety issues to resolve but the hype doesn't fit reality.
An ER doc friend went to a conference on this. He texted me a picture of a slide that listed the prevalence of CTE by sport in high school. #1? Girls ice hockey. Football was #7 - after boys and girls soccer among others.
An ER doc friend went to a conference on this. He texted me a picture of a slide that listed the prevalence of CTE by sport in high school. #1? Girls ice hockey. Football was #7 - after boys and girls soccer among others.
- Jun 10, 2014
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Nothing really to add to this, it's spot on. I have two nephews, and while I'm not raising them, I won't be encouraging them to play football. If I ever have a son, I won't be encouraging him to play football, either. Plenty of other sports you can play that won't completely f*ck your health up for life before you hit 30.Once in a while I skim through the rulebook to try and understand some nuance of the game. What's interesting is that nowhere in the text is any mention about one of the goals of the game to be to lay waste to your opponent. Crushing and destroying people isn't one of the stated goals. The point is to advance the ball without any part of your body other than your foot or hand touching the ground. The goal of the defense is to get the ball carrier onto the ground. But hitting and violence have become such a part of the game that they are for all intents and purposes inseparable from the game itself. The helmet, for instance, was invented to protect a players head from incidental contact, but has really lead to the ability to launch one's body into the opponent with unheralded violence.
On a similar note, brain injuries have got to be just another item on a long list of heinous injuries that are on the rise. The human body wasn't meant to be that big and strong and fast. The number of muscle separations, torn ligaments and even internal injuries seem to also be on the rise although I don't have any data to prove it.
Lastly, the other pads the players wear have literally disappeared before our eyes in the last 20 years. I don't think shoulder pads are even half the size they were when we won our first championship.
- Jun 11, 2014
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Yeah, but after a good NFL career, you can afford your health care if you don't squander everything you earn like so many do...
- Jun 10, 2014
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NFL is notorious for having a sh*t pension program.
- Jun 11, 2014
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I'm not talking about a pension. Most of them earn millions during their career. They should try saving some of it instead of blowing it all on fancy cars, houses, partying and womanizing.
- Jun 9, 2014
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Take the helmet away, or go back to leather. They won't go flying across the field headfirst anymore.
