He came here from Nigeria on scholarship because he was disillusioned over an election. Bubble wrap for everyone!
Posted on 08/09/2017 7:02:22 AM PDT by buckalfa
The physician credited with discovering Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in American football players said that anyone who lets children play football could be held accountable for abuse.
“Someday there will be a district attorney who will prosecute for child abuse [on the football field], and it will succeed,” said Dr. Bennet Omalu at a New York Press Club talk, Sports Illustrated reported.
His remarks come shortly after a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that 110 out of 111 National Football League players had evidence of CTE when their brains were examined postmortem.
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Ya, maybe it’s a side issue, but look at how many NFL players are well over 300 pounds nowadays.
I remember back in the day, that William “The Refrigerator” Perry, was a bulking behemoth, and was a standout because he was a rare player over 300 pounds. Now many NFL players are over that weight; it’s not unusual to see a 300 pounder anymore. How is it that so many players have bulked up to such size in the last 30 years? Have that many players taken steroids to bulk up? Do we know?
Actually, children participating in cheerleader squads suffer head concussions... When will they begin referring to parents allowing their children to participate in cheer-leading squads as child abuse?
300 pound guys that are mostly muscle and also very fast. Um, yeah. We know.
Hey Doc...giving children vaccinations with mercury in it is abuse.
“The most common cause of nonfatal choking in young children is food. At least one child dies from choking on food every five days in the U.S., and more than 12,000 children are taken to a hospital emergency room each year for food-choking injuries.”
http://www.nsc.org/learn/safety-knowledge/Pages/safety-at-home-choking.aspx
Math 365 days/ 5days =73 deaths a year!
Not let your child near food. /s
In a similar vein, the military docs started doing leg circumference measurements above the knee because knee injuries, repaired or not, quite often led to some atrophy in the upper leg muscle. This could indicate a potential for injury that wouldn't otherwise exist. I'm not aware of any washed out due to that but know that there was careful scrutiny.
Both of my sons played football and I'm glad they played as well. The things they took away from the game far out weigh the negative aspects of football. My family has played football going back 3 generations. We're big guys and are suited for a rough and tumble sport like football and we would definitely suck at soccer! :-)
He came here from Nigeria on scholarship because he was disillusioned over an election. Bubble wrap for everyone!
“I still remember fifty five years ago when members of the local high school football team, and after graduation, were drafted and rejected by the military due to football injuries!”
I had two cousins, in my age group, who flunked their physicals and missed Nam. They could barely walk without pain at age 60, and they have gotten worse. Mentally, no problem, and both got Phd’s in tough fields.
Several friends, who played highschool and/or college ball had the same outcome.
One friend played in the Rose Bowl in 1941 with those funky helmets, 4 years of high school and 4 years of college football as a running back and linebacker. Joined the Army and got in the Army Air Force and became a General in the AF reserve later in his life. He had a few limps and gimps, and his mind was as sharp as a tack until he died in his 90’s. His brother played the same years of football and was mentally there until he died in his 90’s.
Agree. I have come to the conclusion that ‘acceptable risk’ is personal. Whatever one person decides is allowable risk, is ok for them. And I try to not judge them by my own ‘accceptable risk’ assessment. My son wanted to play football, so he did. He also DID have friends whose parents wouldn’t let them play.
Yeah right. But to chemically castrate young boys and eventually mutilate them is no problemo.
All sports are dangerous. Baseball players have been killed by bean balls. Tennis players have broken their arms while chasing balls. Surfers have been eaten by sharks.
so is allowing kids to ride bikes child abuse too? Skateboard? Rollerblade? Take martial arts? Wrestling? All carry risk of concussions
All sports are dangerous. Baseball players have been killed by bean balls.
Perhaps if football players wore rugby uniforms (the games are reasonably similar) you’d have fewer concussions. I know that rugby players do get concussed but the game is trying to limit it.
Teddy Roosevelt, a man who often took life-threatening risks, wanted to ban college football. Football responded by eliminating the “flying wedge”. Perhaps some rule changes can save the sport this time.
A few years back, they did a study of protective gear worn by football players. They found that the much older pre-WW2 equipment did not protect as well, but there were far fewer injuries, because the players took more care not to injure or get injured. The modern helmets, face protectors and shoulder pads are used as weapons and players know that they protect better, so they take less care at avoiding injury for themselves and others. Result: more and more severe injuries.
Examination post mortem, that leads me to believe that you can find whatever you want to find.
Okay Doc, you can start arresting the parents of the youth football teams here in Tampa. Since most of the players are black, you might be called racist. How about hockey, baseball or skateboarding?
Yeah, have read the same thing about more protective gear. Rugby players, without the gear, don’t have as many concussions either. The Seahawks have teach rugby tackling styles to prevent injuries. It also is a more effective style.
Sooooo- What does this ‘doctor’ call abortions???
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