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Spider Jerusalem

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18. A career in professional baseball doesn't leave most baseball players...

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 09:25 PM

Nov 2013

with serious later-life neurological issues. A career in professional football though? Ex-NFL players are five times more likely to have some form of dementia than the general population; between 30 and 49? 19 times more likely. And studies seem to indicate that most of the damage from football comes from "sub-concussive hits"...that happen in the course of routine playes. (Signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy...brain damage from repeated concussions and hits to the head...have been found in the brains of football players as young as 17.)

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High school football has to be limited to a non contact sport. Kids should not be dying [View all] CK_John Nov 2013 OP

bunch of kids die every year rurallib Nov 2013 #1

+1 Dawson Leery Nov 2013 #2

Not safe either. Brain damage from heading. HERVEPA Nov 2013 #6

LOL, real football. nt Logical Nov 2013 #12

Hey, it's only logical tkmorris Nov 2013 #20

I disagree Travis_0004 Nov 2013 #3

Yep. Accidents happen, and anyone who thinks 100% absolute safety's attainable is nuts. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2013 #4

how about the long term problems from the head injuries in football ? JI7 Nov 2013 #5

Baseball catchers are getting concussions from foul balls off their mask. 1000words Nov 2013 #7

A career in professional baseball doesn't leave most baseball players... Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #18

The point is, you take a risk everytime you step on any playing surface. 1000words Nov 2013 #21

At least 25 deaths for HS football have been reported. CK_John Nov 2013 #8

25 deaths if how many football players? tammywammy Nov 2013 #17

Cheerleading is arguably more dangerous, better ban that as well. nt Demo_Chris Nov 2013 #9

Hockey, too! 1000words Nov 2013 #10

Football's just our gladiator games. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #11

Never going to happen, considering the amount of revenue the sport generates. 1000words Nov 2013 #15

Gambling is the revenue generator not football. CK_John Nov 2013 #25

University of Texas football program generates $104,000,000. 1000words Nov 2013 #27

Without mob gambling none of those would exist, those are just chump change. CK_John Nov 2013 #29

Fair enough 1000words Nov 2013 #30

They are very nimble and will adjust quickly. CK_John Nov 2013 #31

Football was a great experience for me in HS. I would not trade it for anything. nt Logical Nov 2013 #13

And there's the other side of the story. Just as valid as the downside. n/t nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #33

Combat ... Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #14

My son loves playing. I cross my fingers before every game. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #16

Look folks clffrdjk Nov 2013 #19

It seems counter-intuitive, but it's absolutely true tkmorris Nov 2013 #22

Interesting piece on sports fatalities... Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2013 #23

So it's the most popular sport, but only the fourth most deadly. nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #37

There a couple of things they could do... Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2013 #38

And bikes, too! And bathtubs! Ban EVERYTHING! cleanhippie Nov 2013 #24

Wrap them in bubble wrap as soon as the umbilical cord is cut! n/t tammywammy Nov 2013 #26

Hey I almost died due to the umbilical cord mythology Nov 2013 #28

hey me too! Bazinga Nov 2013 #39

I've had a student for three years on a row Nevernose Nov 2013 #32

That kid obviously should not play football anymore. Sad, and no doubt difficult, but true. nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #35

It's being taken very seriously 1000words Nov 2013 #36

They shouldn't be driving, either. It's too dangerous. TransitJohn Nov 2013 #34

Soccer Community Mourns After Death Of Western High School Player B Calm Nov 2013 #40

Hard hit in soccer practice kills Blount County teen B Calm Nov 2013 #41

Kids die running track. Ganja Ninja Nov 2013 #42

Some people would stop all sports or activities with the chance of injury or death... Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #43

LOL Capt. Obvious Nov 2013 #44