Anyone see this yet??

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

Except falling off the chair is accidental and banging heads in football (or the ball in soccer) is deliberate and much more frequent.

True, but there are a lot of sports that have potential harm. I love it when people say, "7 kids have died playing football this year" but when you examine that number, you find out there are other conditions that might have killed them other than actual football activity. I have heard of kids dying in baseball or basketball.

Peace.

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Originally Posted by JRutledge

True, but there are a lot of sports that have potential harm. I love it when people say, "7 kids have died playing football this year" but when you examine that number, you find out there are other conditions that might have killed them other than actual football activity. I have heard of kids dying in baseball or basketball.

Peace.

From what I read, 4 of the 7 (actually I think it's 8) this year were from underlying causes - could have happened in any game. Or even no game at all. But 3 or 4 were from actions directly attributable to the game (1 a ruptured spleen during a tackle - ok, kind of a freak accident, but still - and the others from head impacts).

Again, I don't think that fear of the extremely unlikely acute tragedy will kill the sport. But as we learn more about the long-term effects of everyday, subconcussive hits - the kind that are simply integral to the game - we'll see the sport wither to a fraction of its current size at the youth levels.