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Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player

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Re: Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player

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Post by ascorbic »

icelancer wrote: post #17
robbiep wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s a highly cultural-specific viewpoint. For example Rugby union, league, AFL etc are all contact sports with huge followings - I can’t understand let alone (and probably because of my lack of understanding) stand NFL which I personally think culturally encapsulates an American approach to the world - this is the offence team, this is defence, let’s pad up and beat the shit out of the opposing side. Compared to t…

>>That’s a highly cultural-specific viewpoint. What is? That the NFL has the best athletes in the world? If the NFL athletes trained for a year to do anything else, or you put all the athletes in the world into a decathalon of power/speed/strength specific events, it would be an insane blowout. NFL players would crush every other group of athletes individually and probably combined, and I say this as someone who has…

Are you saying that almost all of the best athletes in the world just happen to be born in America? Or are you claiming that the NFL training regime is so good that it allows them to beat everyone else in the world? Why would that be? It can't be the money. There's a lot more money in soccer, and unlike NFL it has a pool of talent that covers the whole world.

Re: Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player

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Post by woolvalley »

pizza wrote: post #48

"I can't believe people were so dumb about smoking in the 1950s.. how were they so dumb? did they not know it caused cancer?" this is a kinda modern equivalent, imo..

At least it's limited to a small few playing a sport, vs. pretty much every adult.

Re: Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player

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Post by eru »

shams93 wrote: post #37
elliottkember wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Someone once explained to me that rugby is a contact sport, and American football is an impact sport. The padding allows players to hit each other harder without bruising or direct impact, while the brain still bangs around in the skull.

Yeah my uncle played rugby for over 30 years with no major injuries when you don't have pads it definitely changes the nature of the game and ironically for the better.

Though Rugby can still break your spine, I think?

Re: Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player

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Post by ajuc »

pizza wrote: post #48

"I can't believe people were so dumb about smoking in the 1950s.. how were they so dumb? did they not know it caused cancer?" this is a kinda modern equivalent, imo..

> this is a kinda modern equivalent, imo..

Nah, the modern equivalent is sugar.

Most people don't do enough sports to suffer from it (except for broken bones etc.)

Re: Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player

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Post by eru »

ascorbic wrote: post #51
icelancer wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>>That’s a highly cultural-specific viewpoint. What is? That the NFL has the best athletes in the world? If the NFL athletes trained for a year to do anything else, or you put all the athletes in the world into a decathalon of power/speed/strength specific events, it would be an insane blowout. NFL players would crush every other group of athletes individually and probably combined, and I say this as someone who has…

Are you saying that almost all of the best athletes in the world just happen to be born in America? Or are you claiming that the NFL training regime is so good that it allows them to beat everyone else in the world? Why would that be? It can't be the money. There's a lot more money in soccer, and unlike NFL it has a pool of talent that covers the whole world.

And no salary caps, and no closed-shop leagues.

Re: Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player

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Post by coliveira »

aviv wrote: post #31

> Researchers are working to develop a test for people still alive so they can begin to study the disease more comprehensively. What more is there to study? Getting knocked in the head for years is bad for you. Do we really need scientists to tell us this? Who in their right mind thinks getting hit in the head on a regular basis will have no negative affects on their well-being? The solution is not some new treatment…

That will be the logical thing to do, but you know... money... the NFL doesn't seem to care about anything else.

Re: Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player

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Post by joe_the_user »

woolvalley wrote: post #52
pizza wrote: post #48

"I can't believe people were so dumb about smoking in the 1950s.. how were they so dumb? did they not know it caused cancer?" this is a kinda modern equivalent, imo..

At least it's limited to a small few playing a sport, vs. pretty much every adult.

How many kids play tackle football in High School?

How many young people play tackle football in college?

How many parent allow this?

Re: Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player

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Post by balakk »

Cyph0n wrote: post #35
thesumofall wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> OBJ's "The Catch" is one of the most impressive things in the history of sports period. As someone not familiar with football (not from the US), can someone explain to me what makes this catch particularly impressive? Is it the speed (difficult to assess from a video)?

I'm not very familiar with football either, but I can say that OP is heavily exaggerating and probably not familiar with sports history at all. Heck, I'm not huge sports fan, I can come up with half a dozen more impressive feats in sport off the top of my head. * Beamon's long jump record in 1968 Olympics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEt_Xgg8dzc * Maradona's goal of the century: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w…

One of these is not like the others. I'm as big a Ronnie fan as any body else, but Snooker is less physical/athletic than any of the other sports in that list. I am not discounting the skill by any means, however - Ronnie in full form is unlike any other snooker player, perhaps except jimmy white.

Re: Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player

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Post by pizza »

ajuc wrote: post #54
pizza wrote: post #48

"I can't believe people were so dumb about smoking in the 1950s.. how were they so dumb? did they not know it caused cancer?" this is a kinda modern equivalent, imo..

> this is a kinda modern equivalent, imo.. Nah, the modern equivalent is sugar. Most people don't do enough sports to suffer from it (except for broken bones etc.)

re:sugar - true that!!! generations of fucked up neuroendocrinological functioning.. is very bad.. and yet many people will dismiss "low carb is just a fad"
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