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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 10:49:29 GMT
Per Boston University, 100 out of 111 brains of former NFL players which were donated for research - were found to have CTE - a degenerative brain disease. Thoughts? Discuss.  |
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Post by No_Socks_Here on Jul 30, 2017 15:41:43 GMT
Exist as we know it now? No, it'll be pussied-down a lot more by then.
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Post by marco26 on Jul 30, 2017 16:28:52 GMT
Yes, it will exist and be the same.
Only difference is that in 20 years there will be a 20 game schedule. That means the Patriots will go 22-1...losing that one game to the Giants in the Super Bowl.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jul 30, 2017 17:44:45 GMT
Every time one of these studies come out, there's many parents telling their kids that they are not going to play football.
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Post by xystophoros on Jul 30, 2017 20:23:15 GMT
Every time one of these studies come out, there's many parents telling their kids that they are not going to play football. This. Plus the legal problems for the NFL are not going to stop, no matter what they do in terms of providing post-career medical care in the future. For a league that makes so much money, you think they'd do some preventative damage control. I realize for legal reasons they don't want to outright admit football injuries cause major brain problems, but at the same time it looks bad when the league has gone so long denying there's a problem and burying evidence of it. |
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jul 30, 2017 21:18:59 GMT
Should be pointed out that this was a voluntary study, with all of the brains examined being from families who suspected their late relative had suffered brain damage.
NFL doesn't lend itself to the solution many sports have used: make the game quicker so players are tired and not hitting each other fresh every thirty seconds as happens in the NFL. This has reduced injuries markedly in AFL and Rugby. Other steps taken by most codes is sitting any player with a suspected concussion out of the gane for 15 minutes. If they haven't passed a concussion test within 20 minutes of the injury they are out for the rest of the game.
I honestly don't think the several tonnes of armour the players wear helps either. Just means there is more force hitting you.
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Post by DSDSquared on Jul 31, 2017 14:02:53 GMT
The NFL is doing things. People act like they do nothing. Look how much the game has changed in the past ten years alone. The concussion protocol gets stricter every year and the helmets are getting better and better. It is a huge problem and the NFL knows it.
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