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Posted on 8/7/17 at 11:02 pm to brass2mouth
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Rugby
Lacrosse
Still risk.
Few opportunities.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 11:05 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Exactly, that's my point. The only brains that are tested are the ones with CTE, and they know it.
I gotcha. Didn't read your entire posts. Until everyone submits their brain for testing regardless of history or if we find a way to test for it before death it's gonna be hard to know the real percentages
And no one wants to mention that their is likely varying degrees of CTE. Today when someone hears CTE they just think you're automatically gonna end up with Alzheimer's or commit suicide
Posted on 8/7/17 at 11:08 pm to jg8623
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And no one wants to mention that their is likely varying degrees of CTE. Today when someone hears CTE they just think you're automatically gonna end up with Alzheimer's or commit suicide
I've read now there is a level 1 and a level 2. But you're right, when someone hears CTE they automatically think the worse.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 11:10 pm to tgrbaitn08
It is the new PTSD
Posted on 8/7/17 at 11:23 pm to PrivatePublic
I swam for lsu...My 2 boys are young and white and I'm 5'9... I'll stick to pitching or golf if they want to do sports, but if they want to swim that's ok, but no way I'd push them towards FB unless they hit the ancestor lottery
Posted on 8/7/17 at 11:34 pm to Purple Spoon
the bigger you wait for your kid to be, the bigger faster and stronger the other kids will be. I'm under the impression these ailments accelerate with the level of play because of the physicality involved.
You may can squat 700 lbs in the pros but having another huge guy knock the jar your brain is floating in is way worse than 1 8 year old to another.
You may can squat 700 lbs in the pros but having another huge guy knock the jar your brain is floating in is way worse than 1 8 year old to another.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 11:36 pm to GRTiger
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And 75% positive is pretty high.
Actually, it's not that high when you consider that all 200 were suspected of having CTE.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 11:41 pm to DaBeerz
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My 2 boys are young and white and I'm 5'9... I'll stick to pitching or golf if they want to do sports, but if they want to swim that's ok, but no way I'd push them towards FB unless they hit the ancestor lottery
Who says you have be a big guy to play elementary or high school football? The high majority of high school players are normal sized kids. They're are multiple posts in here implying that they don't want they're son playing football or basketball because they're gonna be too small anyway, as if we're talking about playing college or pro ball...
Posted on 8/7/17 at 11:43 pm to 257WBY
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Mine just finished a 4th grade through high school football career two falls ago. He made it through Calculus 2 in college last spring
You don't see the effects that soon buddy
Posted on 8/7/17 at 11:55 pm to TIGERSTORM
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Just signed a one year 23 million dollar deal with Philly. Jay Cutler signed a one year 10 million dollar deal with the dolphins. Teach your kids to dribble.
If you're white, you probably want to teach him to shoot a 3.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 11:58 pm to Evolved Simian
Have they tested a sample of bodies with no history of repeated head trauma?
I don't think it's wild to suggest playing football for a couple decades has negative consequences on the body when compared to not playing. But again, I'm not convinced football would have severe long lasting consequences for a kid that played through high school, not including some acute traumatic injury of course.
I hope I am not coming off as agreeing with the title of this thread.
I don't think it's wild to suggest playing football for a couple decades has negative consequences on the body when compared to not playing. But again, I'm not convinced football would have severe long lasting consequences for a kid that played through high school, not including some acute traumatic injury of course.
I hope I am not coming off as agreeing with the title of this thread.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 12:12 am to GRTiger
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I don't think it's wild to suggest playing football for a couple decades has negative consequences on the body when compared to not playing. But again, I'm not convinced football would have severe long lasting consequences for a kid that played through high school, not including some acute traumatic injury of course.
I think it's definitive that repeated, violent head trauma can cause terrible damage. It is possible that could happen at lower levels of football than the NFL, but the likelihood of life-altering CTE from high school football is very, very low. And from playing Pop Warner, etc., is basically zero. I'd be willing to bet that you're more likely to die in a car wreck on the way to football practice than you are to get CTE from football below the college level.
The risk of CTE is something that NFL prospects should certainly consider when thinking of their career options, but for most, the payoff is worth taking the chance.
FWIW, I know probably a few dozen former college football players. None show signs of CTE, but even at that level, I'd worry if I were a P5 player in a position that takes, or gives, a lot of hits.
This post was edited on 8/8/17 at 12:18 am
Posted on 8/8/17 at 2:23 am to Brosef Stalin
You can make a WHOLE lot more playing baseball, soccer in Europe and basketball IF you're talented. I don't want my kids to deal with brain trauma as a child.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 2:27 am to TIGERSTORM
Neymar just signed a 5 yr deal for $39M a year after taxes.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 2:36 am to GRTiger
Posted on 8/8/17 at 2:39 am to Evolved Simian
3 outta 14 HS players had it when their brains were examined. 21% that's still too high.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 4:01 am to PrivatePublic
No, ten years ago probably so and I'd be lying if I said CTE didn't have anything to do with it. I'm not putting my 5 year old little boy out there, especially with the backwoods country folk that run this association. Maybe in several years if he really wants to but 5 is just to damn young. I loved playing football and I love the sport but I love my son more.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 5:42 am to PrivatePublic
You see what happens when you give in to Liberals and their crazy agendas
Posted on 8/8/17 at 5:42 am to PrivatePublic
I played, got 3 concussions, am fine at age 45. My ankle with no ligaments and left ring finger I dislocated are more problems than any brain injuries. My son played in high school(graduated in 2016). Got his bell rung a few times, was salutatorian, now majoring in Computer Engineering. It's fine to let your kids play football.
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