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Posted on 2/3/16 at 6:44 am
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Posted on 2/3/16 at 6:58 am to RaleighTiger
CTE is a legit threat to the future of college football.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 7:01 am to RaleighTiger
Kenny Stabler was the very epitome of a football player. Nothing ever came easy for Snake. Even now, after so clearly earning a spot in the pro football hall of fame, it hasn't happened yet.
I love Snake. I could never say Rest in Peace, because Stabler never rested. Party in Peace, Snake.
I love Snake. I could never say Rest in Peace, because Stabler never rested. Party in Peace, Snake.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 7:07 am to RaleighTiger
I don't think anyone denies CTE, but what is the alternative to protect players brains? It's the same for Rugby, UFC, and even hockey.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 7:38 am to tide06
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CTE is a legit threat to the future of football.
Fixed. My son is 7 and will be going into tackle after 2 years of Flag. It's my personal opinion that he will be safer in tackle as our flag league had a heck of a lot of contact with no protection for boys who were still learning coordination.
I have no illusions of him going past HS football if he goes that far, and I will be perfectly okay if he chooses to stop playing football.
CTE is the beginning of the end of football as we know it.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 7:41 am to Rhino5
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It's the same for Rugby, UFC, and even hockey.
Are the rates of CTE the same for those sports?
Ive long thought that helmets were the problem. They make the helmets so well that players think they can just use their helmet as a weapon. I wonder if the old leather helmets were actually safer because players were more likely to body tackle
Posted on 2/3/16 at 7:44 am to Crimson Legend
Lived every day as if it were to be his last. When he finished his life on earth he turned in a well used worn out body.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 7:48 am to bamafan1001
quote:You make a very valid point. I've had 9 concussions in my life and have wondered at times if my forgetting a name or losing my place in a sentence is a result of that or if I'm just getting old. Hopefully this research continues and offers up more. I'd hate to see my favorite sport die, but it might have to.
They make the helmets so well that players think they can just use their helmet as a weapon.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 7:57 am to Jobu93
Why don't you just put him in a cart and push him into a parked car? It would do the same thing. I don't get why parents want to damage a growing and fragile body let alone its most vital organ.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:00 am to bamafan1001
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Are the rates of CTE the same for those sports?
It is also high for soccer of all sports. Most concussions in that sport come from two players jumping to head the ball and colliding (and you will probably get a few of those a game), but there is increasing evidence that since players practice heading the ball all the time it is doing cumulative damage over the years.
Fifty years from now the sports landscape may look very different then it is today.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:00 am to TJGator1215
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car
Death trap, you should stop driving. While you are at it, stop thinking for others.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:08 am to Arksulli
quote:Soccer heading definitely looks like it can jostle the brain. I don't think it's the single massive blow, it's the continuous impacts. It's like boxing and getting peppered by jabs; it's cumulative.
It is also high for soccer of all sports. Most concussions in that sport come from two players jumping to head the ball and colliding (and you will probably get a few of those a game), but there is increasing evidence that since players practice heading the ball all the time it is doing cumulative damage over the years.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:11 am to RaleighTiger
I see what has happened to many including my favorite player when I was a kid, Auburn great Terry Beasley, and it makes me sad. I loved watching Kenny the snake at Oakland. Pete Banaszak, Mark van Eagan, cliff branch, Fred Biletnikoff, etcetera.
Don't know if you guys have seen that HBO special on the 85 Bears. Jim McMahon is in pretty sad shape too.
Don't know if you guys have seen that HBO special on the 85 Bears. Jim McMahon is in pretty sad shape too.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:22 am to Scoob
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Soccer heading definitely looks like it can jostle the brain. I don't think it's the single massive blow, it's the continuous impacts. It's like boxing and getting peppered by jabs; it's cumulative.
Europe is going to have an increasing problem with it I think. Since younger soccer players (12 or so) go to schools run by professional teams they practice basically year round, so do the pros who only have a handful of months off. That is a lot of impacts to the head in a fairly short period of time.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:23 am to tide06
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CTE is a legit threat to the future of college football.
Don't know why people bury their heads in the sand on this.
I love watching football. I loved playing football. That said, i will never let my kids play the sport. Even if I knew they would make it to the NFL and make millions, I would never wish the consequences on them
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:26 am to Scoob
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Soccer heading definitely looks like it can jostle the brain. I don't think it's the single massive blow, it's the continuous impacts. It's like boxing and getting peppered by jabs; it's cumulative.
I don't think heading is nearly as bad. You head through the ball
My friend who does brain related research (different topic) said the issue is that the brain moves and when your body comes to a sudden stop, brain's inertia collides it with your skull or something
For soccer, if you head through the ball you have the collision but not a suddent enough change in acceleration to cause injury to the brain
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:26 am to Jobu93
My 14 year old plays football. He will be playing in high school next year and me and the wife have the conversation everytime we hear about a brain damaged athlete if we want him playing or not. I played growing up and he really loves playing. Things like CTE make you think about it more often.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:30 am to Iron Lion
I played through HS and I won't have a problem *right now* if he does too. I had 2 concussions and I wonder what the threshold is. I'm a short guy, so I know there isn't much of a shot past HS playing so I certainly won't push the issue.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:37 am to bamafan1001
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Are the rates of CTE the same for those sports?
They never tell you. This is my problem with the whole CTE thing. I have never found a study that uses a control group. Also CTE is only detectable if they cut your brain open and that can only happen if you agree to let them do it. Well who is more likely to donate their brains than people who think they have CTE?
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:39 am to RaleighTiger
Football is safer now than it has ever been, which more knowledge and awareness of plaayer safety that ever. I only hope its safe enough to continue.
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