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2. All head injuries are really bad

Tue Jan 22, 2013, 04:54 PM

Jan 2013

and you don't want to get them. American football should be voluntarily dropped. Same as boxing. Way too dangerous in the long haul.

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Concussion-related brain disease found in living athletes, study finds [View all] Redfairen Jan 2013 OP

These same proteins are found in Alzheimer patients as well benld74 Jan 2013 #1

I've read elsewhere that while the same type of damage is seen, hedgehog Jan 2013 #8

All head injuries are really bad The Second Stone Jan 2013 #2

Especially it should not be a sport played by kids! nt tblue37 Jan 2013 #3

I've lost count of the concussions I have suffered DollarBillHines Jan 2013 #4

And lots of people get cancer even though they haven't smoked. pnwmom Jan 2013 #5

What point were you trying to make? You're a klutz? TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #9

I thought you were implying something pnwmom Jan 2013 #11

Get rid of soccer then, too awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #13

I hope this will be of use for wounded Veterans formercia Jan 2013 #10

That was my first thought, too. n/t pnwmom Jan 2013 #12

There's an easy way to eliminate these problems formercia Jan 2013 #15

No one ever wants to take the easy way out. ;) Javaman Jan 2013 #16