HawkGold
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Interesting articles the past day about this.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/30/health/youth-football-cte-study/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/30/health/youth-football-cte-study/index.html
Can you imagine how many thousands of former players suffer through this?
I agree. There are risks that everyone understands on some level. Some coaches do put a lot of pressure on players to play through pain and injury, til this day. It's a bad situation.I have mixed feeling about this topic. I feel that concussions were not handled properly on many levels in the past where it be misdiagnosis or just a rush back to play due to pressure or just the competitive nature of some people. I also feel that anyone in any type of sport has agreed to some assumption of risk and cannot be held completely unaccountable for any sides affects they may suffer from due to normal play, (dirty plays, fights, or play outside the realm of normal is not included).
There are people that suffer through various aches and pains as well as other serious physical ailments as a result from their jobs or extracurricular activity. I guess my point is there is always a choice and sometimes they are difficult ones but regardless you need to ultimately live with the choices you make as an individual.
I have mixed feeling about this topic. I feel that concussions were not handled properly on many levels in the past where it be misdiagnosis or just a rush back to play due to pressure or just the competitive nature of some people. I also feel that anyone in any type of sport has agreed to some assumption of risk and cannot be held completely unaccountable for any sides affects they may suffer from due to normal play, (dirty plays, fights, or play outside the realm of normal is not included).
There are people that suffer through various aches and pains as well as other serious physical ailments as a result from their jobs or extracurricular activity. I guess my point is there is always a choice and sometimes they are difficult ones but regardless you need to ultimately live with the choices you make as an individual.
Interesting articles the past day about this.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/30/health/youth-football-cte-study/index.html
What were you doing swinging at that low outside slider in the dirt?Things sure have changed. In high school, I got knocked out from the catcher's face mask when he tossed it after a 3rd strike passed ball. I remember sitting along the base line not knowing what happened or where I was. Do you think anybody checked me out to see if I was ok? Nope, I did get chewed out for not getting up and running to 1st base though. The whole hour bus ride home I was in a weird haze and not a popular person due to not running to 1st lol.
It's very possible, I liked to swing at everything. I'm talking about baseballWhat were you doing swinging at that low outside slider in the dirt?
I'm eternally glad that you made it clear that you were talking about baseball.It's very possible, I liked to swing at everything. I'm talking about baseball
I have mixed feeling about this topic. I feel that concussions were not handled properly on many levels in the past where it be misdiagnosis or just a rush back to play due to pressure or just the competitive nature of some people. I also feel that anyone in any type of sport has agreed to some assumption of risk and cannot be held completely unaccountable for any sides affects they may suffer from due to normal play, (dirty plays, fights, or play outside the realm of normal is not included).
There are people that suffer through various aches and pains as well as other serious physical ailments as a result from their jobs or extracurricular activity. I guess my point is there is always a choice and sometimes they are difficult ones but regardless you need to ultimately live with the choices you make as an individual.
I agree. There are risks that everyone understands on some level. Some coaches do put a lot of pressure on players to play through pain and injury, til this day. It's a bad situation.
That's a key point, or counterpoint, for people on the NFL side of the debate.You didn't read the article. it was about kids. Like under 14 mostly or that has been what the articles on the news lately have been about.
Minors can't really make those choices.
What has also changed is that for sure I can remember my head pounding and getting my bell wrong. What my son's (all of them) have experienced is far and away above that. Something has changed.
We as a society have not done anything to stop "adults" from smoking and drinking to excess so if you are old enough I guess you make up your own mind and decisions. Then you sue for damages later.
But yes, minor children should be protected and if football and headers in soccer turn out to be dangerous to young brains then they need to take out the collisions. I have no problem with football becoming skills based flag football until kids are 18. I love watching the sport, there can be camps for blocking and tackling drills on dummies and there could still be college and pro football. And college and pro football needs to start kicking players out for more than a game when they lead with their head or body to an opponents head.
Case in point. Tom Wilson of the Washington Capitals left his feet, launched himself at a Pittsburgh Penguins player who suffered a broken jaw and concussion.Why wouldnt some hits be criminal battery?
Talking about the grossly flagerant ones.
What are you looking at, Butthead?Case in point. Tom Wilson of the Washington Capitals left his feet, launched himself at a Pittsburgh Penguins player who suffered a broken jaw and concussion.
On a hockey rink Wilson received three games. On the street he could get the slammer.