Philmonroe
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No offense but and? I never mentioned anything about anybody giving up football lolFLA, ALA and TEX are never giving up football...... basically the South
No offense but and? I never mentioned anything about anybody giving up football lolFLA, ALA and TEX are never giving up football...... basically the South
I was agreeing with you chachi......try to keep upNo offense but and? I never mentioned anything about anybody giving up football lol
Some drink them pretty, some drink them smartI took quite a few blows to the head when I was younger and I'm still the smartest around here.....
The proof is the millions without CTE and ALS vs the dozens/hundreds that suffer from it
What are the rates for non football players?
Keep your ooofs for your chicken patients or are you the Chicken??????
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I believe there is a connection between repeated hits to the head and CTE. And the league has to do their best to minimize the risk without turning it into flag football.
But I also know that the NFL has done more to lift poor kids out of slums and made them wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. The league has allowed these guys to get out of horrible situations growing up and allowed them earn generational wealth. We are talking about thousands of players spanning decades.
So yes, CTE is a terrible thing and needs to be studied more. But overall, the league has done a lot more good than bad for the vast, vast majority of the players who were talented enough and lucky enough to play at that level. Even the 3rd stringers make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
That should be celebrated IMO.
I buy him talking about guys losing purpose after football.
I'm a hard sell once he starts talking about what he "believes" about the brain, like he knows anything about how brains work.
No one is saying end football, just that these literal CHILDREN that grow up playing it, and their parents, should know what they're getting into.
But would they put in all that work for the game if there was no NFL or similar pro league?The NFL lifts poor kids out of the slums
No. Those poor kids work incredibly hard to get there. Their families make tons of sacrifices to help put them in a position to succeed. Don't act like the NFL is some sort of savior. These "poor kids" did all the work to get to the NFL. The league did little if anything to help them
Personally I'm glad our best athletes don't waste their time on boring sports and choose exciting and difficult activities.Itll be interesting to see how this plays out. I mean, it's only common sense that with guys getting bigger faster hitting each other at full speed, is probably going to have links to CTE.
Nothings going to happen to the game, but youd like to see the NFL be proactive and use all this crazy tech and science innovation to better understand it and design equipment for it. Instead of just kinda sweeping it under the rug. Doing things in good faith is usually the best way to approach situations like this imo.
And yeah, some parents will keep their kids out of football because of it.
Maybe itll lead to us actually having a good US mens soccer team. I get triggered when I see the world cup and think about what itd look like with our best athletes on the field. We would crush.
But would they put in all that work for the game if there was no NFL or similar pro league?
No they wouldn't
glad somebody understands personal responsibility. This nation No longer subscribed to this in the legal system, hence the destruction of not only football but all kinds of endeavors.I still say make players sign waivers to play in the league. Acknowledge it is a violent sport and all manners of injuries both known and unknown can occur by participating. Players are paid handsomely and should assume all the risks when they sign up. Yes, the league can do things to try and reduce concussions but they should not even think about fundamentally changing the game because some outside groups see a cause to continue their fake outrage campaigns.
glad somebody understands personal responsibility. This nation No longer subscribed to this in the legal system, hence the destruction of not only football but all kinds of endeavors.I still say make players sign waivers to play in the league. Acknowledge it is a violent sport and all manners of injuries both known and unknown can occur by participating. Players are paid handsomely and should assume all the risks when they sign up. Yes, the league can do things to try and reduce concussions but they should not even think about fundamentally changing the game because some outside groups see a cause to continue their fake outrage campaigns.
The brain works crazy, man!
I mean, he's welcome to hold that opinion. He's wrong but it's his right.
The scientific link between CTE and football is so overwhelming that to deny it at this point is no less absurd than claiming vaccines cause autism.
The NFL lifts poor kids out of the slums
No. Those poor kids work incredibly hard to get there. Their families make tons of sacrifices to help put them in a position to succeed. Don't act like the NFL is some sort of savior. These "poor kids" did all the work to get to the NFL. The league did little if anything to help them
Exactly! Football is a risky business but so is working on an oil rig or commercial buildings or crab fishing or heck living in the city crossing the street. Nobody had their arm twisted and was told to play football. Getting paid to do something they love is not a bad thing and the player can choose to walk away at anytime!I believe there is a connection between repeated hits to the head and CTE. And the league has to do their best to minimize the risk without turning it into flag football.
But I also know that the NFL has done more to lift poor kids out of slums and made them wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. The league has allowed these guys to get out of horrible situations growing up and allowed them earn generational wealth. We are talking about thousands of players spanning decades.
So yes, CTE is a terrible thing and needs to be studied more. But overall, the league has done a lot more good than bad for the vast, vast majority of the players who were talented enough and lucky enough to play at that level. Even the 3rd stringers make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
That should be celebrated IMO.
They need to determine who doesn't have CTE and work their way back to football to see where it ends and where it starts.
It's not just a football problem.