[Jonty30]

If it were any other job, where work conditions were such that the average worker had to retire before they were 35 and that the workers in the industry were prone to having dementia before they were 55, would there be anybody here who would disagree with the need for the industry to look at ways to make workers safer?

I’m not anti-football, but there was a time when players could enjoy post-football careers and weren’t at risk of being in senior citizen centers by the time they were 50 or simply blew their head off, because they couldn’t continue to bear their injuries.

[HereInTheHeartland]

Go back to leather helmets

[sargon]

As long as the risks and rewards are known to the best of the ability of the players and fans, then I say "Play ball!"

Football is a contact sport. All such sports carry inherent risk of injury.

Goody two-shoes social engineers are not going to ban football...

[rurgan]

Why don’t you government loving liberals/Democrats like Obama and Bloomberg just ban everything including ban life (as life is so dangerous that no one gets out of life alive) /s