CTE happens in hockey, boxing, MMA, soccer, NASCAR, some cases in baseball (hitting wall, catcher, hit by ball). Basketball may be the only major sport that has limited connections with it. As such, I can't see football going away. The NFL appears to be taking the most agressive approach to reducing chances of CTE for future generations.
Yeah, lol by owning ALL OF THE research on the brain and making sure no one REALLY knows how fuqed these dudes are.
Dont fall for the propaganda, please. The NFL does not give A fuq!!
There are more and more studies around this showing the impact of CTE and the link to ALS, suicide and other mental illnesses. It is scary to think about all the things we do not know about related to CTE and what football, soccer and other athletes might be dealing with. I have a hard time watching hits these days that used to make football so exciting.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27/...n-trauma-disease-in-a-soccer-player.html?_r=0
https://theconcussionblog.com/what-is-cte/
Yes I agree... and I think continued teaching the fundamentals at every level and the appropriate ways to tackle is important. You can still delever a hard hit that separates the ball carrier from the football using your shoulders, and delivering the hit from the neck down. Also continued research so that our equiptment becomes 21st century stuff. Helmets need to reach another level of technology. So that the head is protected. Applied research. NFL money can do this..."IF" they want to.
I'll bite...
I'm wondering why the NFL is getting all this flack. These athletes are getting their head banged around since pop warner football. Then get banged around some more on the high school and collegiate levels. By the time they turn pro, most are already damaged. I never got to the collegiate level from my injury I sustained in high school and I'm still feeling the wear and tear from playing football from the age of 6 all the way to 17.
The NFL is a multi-billion dollar industry, so it's real easy to attack them, but what about the high school coaches who run Oklahoma drills? Shouldn't they be held accountable? What about the college coaches threatening a player's position if they sit out? Shouldn't they be held responsible? Why is it that the NFL is the only entity we hear about in the news when High School Coaches and College Coaches have done the same thing that created this mentality before these guys get to the NFL?
Kids are taught to use their helmets to tackle. The term, "Head Up" starts at the pee wee level where kids would use their helmets as weapons. Fans going crazy when they hear the crack of the helmet on the Jr. levels. The problem is not the NFL; the problem is before you get to the NFL. The fundamental of tackling needs to start younger. Like at [MENTION=17156]STORM_FRONT 1964[/MENTION] stated, you can deliver a great hit using your shoulder to body. However we have to remember, it's a contact sport. There's risk rewards with this dangerous sport, just like boxing, and MMA.
Strong post. I cant imagine how many concussions i got in high school alone, not to mention other injuries.
Sometimes when i look at NFL players and I think " God, how can you even sleep at night ?" I know most of them HAVE TO BE addicted to pain pills. Gotta be.
At the end of the day you will never be able to make football safe and exciting.
Its a spontaneous collision sport where the physics and angles are so random youre bound to be injured no matter how safe you try to be.
****, ive seen countless players( J.Carter-FSu), ejected for legal hits because theyre so vicious they look illegal and STILL give concussions due to whiplash and Head to ground impact.
Its just dumb af to try to make football safe. Its an oxymoron, really.
You want to play? Well, you know the risk.
The game shouldn't stop because people CHOOSE to play.
no one is forcing them.
CTE happens in hockey, boxing, MMA, soccer, NASCAR, some cases in baseball (hitting wall, catcher, hit by ball). Basketball may be the only major sport that has limited connections with it. As such, I can't see football going away. The NFL appears to be taking the most agressive approach to reducing chances of CTE for future generations.
Yeah, lol by owning ALL OF THE research on the brain and making sure no one REALLY knows how fuqed these dudes are.
Dont fall for the propaganda, please. The NFL does not give A fuq!!
FYI, pretty hard to determine how fuqed these dudes are without their death first. Even Dave Mirra had CTE so I don't think we can simply point the finger at Roger and blame him for a major cover-up. We are talking about 1700 active players in the NFL vs. the millions across all sports. I'm not falling for any propaganda as my dad likely had CTE. Fuq, I've had my brains scrambled a few times playing sports (football, bmx, mountain biking, baseball).
The real debate should be at the local level. Are high schools who spend hundreds of thousands to potentially millions on sports linked to CTE at all responsible for the long-term health of the kids?
CTE happens in hockey, boxing, MMA, soccer, NASCAR, some cases in baseball (hitting wall, catcher, hit by ball). Basketball may be the only major sport that has limited connections with it. As such, I can't see football going away. The NFL appears to be taking the most agressive approach to reducing chances of CTE for future generations.
Yeah, lol by owning ALL OF THE research on the brain and making sure no one REALLY knows how fuqed these dudes are.
Dont fall for the propaganda, please. The NFL does not give A fuq!!
FYI, pretty hard to determine how fuqed these dudes are without their death first. Even Dave Mirra had CTE so I don't think we can simply point the finger at Roger and blame him for a major cover-up. We are talking about 1700 active players in the NFL vs. the millions across all sports. I'm not falling for any propaganda as my dad likely had CTE. Fuq, I've had my brains scrambled a few times playing sports (football, bmx, mountain biking, baseball).
The real debate should be at the local level. Are high schools who spend hundreds of thousands to potentially millions on sports linked to CTE at all responsible for the long-term health of the kids?
CTE is overstated i played football for my whole life and do not have any major issues. How would you explain the hundreds of successful nfl players who go on to lead happy lives after football? i believe some people are suceptable to the effects more than others which causes people to believe it is a blanket effect when it is not. You only live ONCE might as well live gloriously and live to the limit MMA, boxing, football and even extreme sports all have risks but why live your life like a GODDAM pu*** when we are all gonna die one day anyway?
There are more and more studies around this showing the impact of CTE and the link to ALS, suicide and other mental illnesses. It is scary to think about all the things we do not know about related to CTE and what football, soccer and other athletes might be dealing with. I have a hard time watching hits these days that used to make football so exciting.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27/...n-trauma-disease-in-a-soccer-player.html?_r=0
https://theconcussionblog.com/what-is-cte/
Yes I agree... and I think continued teaching the fundamentals at every level and the appropriate ways to tackle is important. You can still delever a hard hit that separates the ball carrier from the football using your shoulders, and delivering the hit from the neck down. Also continued research so that our equiptment becomes 21st century stuff. Helmets need to reach another level of technology. So that the head is protected. Applied research. NFL money can do this..."IF" they want to.
I'll bite...
I'm wondering why the NFL is getting all this flack. These athletes are getting their head banged around since pop warner football. Then get banged around some more on the high school and collegiate levels. By the time they turn pro, most are already damaged. I never got to the collegiate level from my injury I sustained in high school and I'm still feeling the wear and tear from playing football from the age of 6 all the way to 17.
The NFL is a multi-billion dollar industry, so it's real easy to attack them, but what about the high school coaches who run Oklahoma drills? Shouldn't they be held accountable? What about the college coaches threatening a player's position if they sit out? Shouldn't they be held responsible? Why is it that the NFL is the only entity we hear about in the news when High School Coaches and College Coaches have done the same thing that created this mentality before these guys get to the NFL?
Kids are taught to use their helmets to tackle. The term, "Head Up" starts at the pee wee level where kids would use their helmets as weapons. Fans going crazy when they hear the crack of the helmet on the Jr. levels. The problem is not the NFL; the problem is before you get to the NFL. The fundamental of tackling needs to start younger. Like at [MENTION=17156]STORM_FRONT 1964[/MENTION] stated, you can deliver a great hit using your shoulder to body. However we have to remember, it's a contact sport. There's risk rewards with this dangerous sport, just like boxing, and MMA.
CTE is overstated i played football for my whole life and do not have any major issues. How would you explain the hundreds of successful nfl players who go on to lead happy lives after football? i believe some people are suceptable to the effects more than others which causes people to believe it is a blanket effect when it is not. You only live ONCE might as well live gloriously and live to the limit MMA, boxing, football and even extreme sports all have risks but why live your life like a GODDAM pu*** when we are all gonna die one day anyway?