The game should be played in anti-gravity stadiums.Precisely my point. Meaningful, affective changes. Fix what can be fixed, and the risk that remain are what they are.
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The game should be played in anti-gravity stadiums.Precisely my point. Meaningful, affective changes. Fix what can be fixed, and the risk that remain are what they are.
It is a risk that you take. I played from little league through college and would not change that even if I knew the risks as portrayed by the studies. I played in a time when you lead with your facemask to tackle. As far as I know I am fine. Never had a serious concussion. Did have my bell rung but never blacked out or lost consciousness. I firmly believe that you don't hide the possibility of risk but you don't do away with the game. If an individual fears they will get brain damage just don't play football.
The point is this is what they currently do and rec league numbers are plummeting because parents choose their child's health over the sport. Changes MUST be made to secure the future of the sport.
There is no kid or parent of kid that should let there kid play football if they have a health concern. Chances are if you have to ask yourself will I get hurt ? Then you shouldn't play. Football is for tough kids and parents of kids that are willing to take some chance that they could get hurt. Football is a physical sport.
Should parents be more concerned about girls soccer? More concussions per amount of players than football. And , why are they not wearing protective headgear? All team Sports are physical in some way. We have a linemen that got hurt in track , and doesn't even run in track. What about a pitcher on the mound that takes a line drive back at him ? Without protective headgear? Happens every year somewhere. Football always gets the most attention because it is the most violent man to man contact. But the unprotected sports can be just violent without protection. My definition of a wuss is a person who signs up for a sport knowing the risk, and then wants to complain after when they get hurt. Nobody including me wants to stop the evolution of better protective equipment . But football is football. If you are worried don't sign up.
We have beat this in the ground and everyone has made sound points. I agree we need to continue to improve safety in all sports; however, I do believe football is unfairly persecuted, because its considered to be a barbaric sport.
Today on twitter I read an article about girls lacrosse and head injuries. This is a sport with little or no contact allowed. According to the article they have more concussions per participant than football. Guess how concussions occur? Inadvertent contact with STICKS. Do you think they have mandated helmets. No, they mandated what type of helmet is legal if you choose to wear one. This is both stupid and sick.
Im not saying we should not protect players by continuing to improve helmet material and adopt new safety rules, but lets be real here. People are being paid big bucks through grants to study this stuff and equipment companies are getting fat every other year when alleged improvements are made. Teams have to buy new equipment. Its big business at its best. The latest and greatest helmets have not significantly changed concussion rates. Tackling rules have. This my friends will end football as schools will not be able to to keep up with or afford the demand on safety.
I said this earlier and will repeat again. Unless a pad is placed between the brain and the skull you will not stop a concussion. Think about it this way. There is space between the brain and skull to allow for growth and swelling if needed. You cant stop the ricochet.
When is the last time you have heard of a football player having a cracked skull or even swelling. The helmets are really as safe as they can be. They cant get any heavier, because then you will have inadvertent kneck injuries.
Let me say I agree that a kid or parent should not be shamed if they quit due to fear for their safety; however, we should not question those who opt to play or desire for the game continue as is.
I told DP today I heard a guy griping about the dangers of football and how they should stop the game. Five minutes later he was talking about how awesome the last UFC
card was. This is the contradiction that kills me.
Gunz respect your example, but let me partially support Hamspears post by using a real life example. Prior to a high school softball game an umpire tells a player to remove her earings (jewelry is illegal) . At the pregame conference the coach states his players are legally and properly equipped. The girl in question gets hit in the helmet and she is bleeding. No, its not the helmets fault she did not take out her earrings and she has a puncture wound. Her parents file a suit against the umpire and is awarded ten thousand dollars. By rule Its not the umpires problem its the coaches and player.
Go figure! Rant over. Have a blessed night.
So, what exactly are high school and college football coaches coaching for?
It can't be because they really have any concern for the welfare of the students they coach. I guess that no matter how much evidence comes out that football is bad for your body in several ways, they're going to say, "Not enough research has been done yet."
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