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Bob Costas: Football May Soon 'Collapse Like a House of Cards'
Posted on 11/9/17 at 10:47 am
Posted on 11/9/17 at 10:47 am
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(NEWSER) – Bob Costas says football, at least as we know it, may soon "collapse like a house of cards" because of one "fundamental fact": "This game destroys people's brains." USA Today reports the Emmy award-winning sports broadcaster and former host of Football Night in America called the decline of the NFL as a "cash machine" the biggest story in American sports while speaking Tuesday at the University of Maryland. And Costas said that decline is not about athletes' knees but their brains. "Unless and until there is some technology which we cannot even imagine, let alone has been developed, that would make this inherently dangerous game not marginally safer, but acceptably safe, the cracks in the foundation are there," the Washington Post quotes Costas as saying.
Costas said this is not some "left-wing conspiracy," adding: "The truth is the truth." In one of three studies on CTE released by Boston University since July, researchers found evidence of CTE in all but one of 111 brains belonging to former NFL players, the New York Daily News reports. And Costas noted that multiple independent studies show tackle football is most dangerous for the brains of youths under 20. He said parents will soon make the "common-sense" choice, as he would, to not let their kids play tackle football at least until they're 18, eroding the talent base for college football and the NFL. ESPN's Tony Kornheiser agreed with Costas at Tuesday's event, saying the NFL could go the way of boxing. "If they don’t find a way to make it safe, and we don’t see how they will ... the game's not going to be around," he said.
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Posted on 11/9/17 at 10:50 am to GumboPot
Maybe, but the sport is safer now than it has ever been in the hundred years of playing it.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 10:51 am to GumboPot
In 20 years maybe....soon no
Posted on 11/9/17 at 10:51 am to GumboPot
I actually agree with him. It will evolve to a product that very few will watch.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 10:53 am to GumboPot
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Football May Soon 'Collapse Like a House of Cards'
Then followed by Boxing, MMA, Hockey, Lacrosse, Rugby, Cheerleading, Soccer.
At least we have DOTA world championships
Posted on 11/9/17 at 10:53 am to AUCE05
Ironically taking helmets away and making the NFL more Rugby style just might protect more players from brain injury.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 10:54 am to Master of Sinanju
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Maybe, but the sport is safer now than it has ever been in the hundred years of playing it.
I would argue it's more dangerous. Players are bigger, stronger, faster and hit each other with much more force. The helmets they use are only good for preventing the skull from cracking, not from movement of the brain slamming against the skull.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 10:54 am to GumboPot
quote:What else can they actually do at this point?
"If they don’t find a way to make it safe, and we don’t see how they will ... the game's not going to be around," he said.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 10:55 am to GumboPot
Costas may be correct but I fricking loathe him
Posted on 11/9/17 at 10:56 am to JBeam
quote:At the very, very least just get rid of the goddamn preseason
What else can they actually do at this point?
Posted on 11/9/17 at 10:57 am to cameronml
This is interesting:
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The following 20 sports/recreational activities represent the categories contributing to the highest number of estimated head injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms in 2009.
Cycling: 85,389
Football: 46,948
Baseball and Softball: 38,394
Basketball: 34,692
Water Sports (Diving, Scuba Diving, Surfing, Swimming, Water Polo, Water Skiing, Water Tubing): 28,716
Powered Recreational Vehicles (ATVs, Dune Buggies, Go-Carts, Mini bikes, Off-road): 26,606
Soccer: 24,184
Skateboards/Scooters: 23,114
Fitness/Exercise/Health Club: 18,012
Winter Sports (Skiing, Sledding, Snowboarding, Snowmobiling): 16,948
Horseback Riding: 14,466
Gymnastics/Dance/Cheerleading: 10,223
Golf: 10,035
Hockey: 8,145
Other Ball Sports and Balls, Unspecified: 6,883
Trampolines: 5,919
Rugby/Lacrosse: 5,794
Roller and Inline Skating: 3,320
Ice Skating: 4,608
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Posted on 11/9/17 at 10:58 am to GumboPot
Have you ever watched the top high school guys play 7vs7. I think we may get a glorified 7vd7 eventually. It wouldn’t be near as popular but would probably have a fan base.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 10:59 am to MrSpock
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Hockey
I know off topic, but it is strange that we haven't heard about CTE much from guys playing hockey. A lot of hockey players play for 30 years or more from youth leagues up to the pros.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 11:00 am to GumboPot
Can we get rates instead of raw numbers?
Posted on 11/9/17 at 11:01 am to GumboPot
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This is interesting:
I'd like to see those numbers as a ratio for the number of people who actually participate in those activities. There's a lot more people of all ages who go out cycling than who play football. Not to mention, this doesn't address the cumulative effects that CTE has on the brain.
This post was edited on 11/9/17 at 11:03 am
Posted on 11/9/17 at 11:04 am to Harry Caray
quote:I think they should lower it down to two games. The owners will probably try to avoid this completely because of ticket revenue.
At the very, very least just get rid of the goddamn preseason
Posted on 11/9/17 at 11:05 am to Bankshot
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I know off topic, but it is strange that we haven't heard about CTE much from guys playing hockey. A lot of hockey players play for 30 years or more from youth leagues up to the pros.
It's been found in some of the 'fighters' from a by-gone era. Physical contact in hockey is much less consistent than in football and the NHL has done a lot over the past 10 years to take hits to the head and fighting out of the game.
I remember the NHL.com highlights used to a have section for 'Hits' in every game...not any more.
This post was edited on 11/9/17 at 11:06 am
Posted on 11/9/17 at 11:06 am to Harry Caray
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Can we get rates instead of raw numbers?
Yeah, I had the same question when I posted the link.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 11:09 am to GumboPot
He thinks people aren't watching because it isn't safe? Costas can't open his mouth without saying something stupid.
People aren't watching because the safety rules have distorted the game, because the overbearing commisioner arbitrarily and nonsensically doles out punishments, and because the league has allowed the players to shite all over the game with their unsupported and cancerous politics.
If the league went back to early 2000s rules, let the police handle discipline and told players to take their shitty politics to Facebook the popularity and brand would come back.
People aren't watching because the safety rules have distorted the game, because the overbearing commisioner arbitrarily and nonsensically doles out punishments, and because the league has allowed the players to shite all over the game with their unsupported and cancerous politics.
If the league went back to early 2000s rules, let the police handle discipline and told players to take their shitty politics to Facebook the popularity and brand would come back.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 11:09 am to Bankshot
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I know off topic, but it is strange that we haven't heard about CTE much from guys playing hockey. A lot of hockey players play for 30 years or more from youth leagues up to the pros.
Pretty good point, but a few reasons I can think of:
Not as big of an audience/less exposure to those kinds of studies.
Less total "action" per game. Most guys probably stay on the ice for 2 minutes at a time at most.
No "constant" contact like football. There's always O-line vs. D-line and someone's getting tackled on every play in football.
No one's jumping up in the air and getting hit on their way down in hockey.
Any "legal" big hit in hockey can only be made on someone with the puck, and it's usually a shove while on skates, not a tackle with potential head-to-head contact.
Big hits against the wall are really the only plays that could affect the brain in hockey, and there's a pretty strict definition of what is and isn't legal regarding those hits.
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