I hope this concussion movie.....
2sportguy
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First football, next will be hockey , then probably MMA then who knows what after that.......Lets just encourage our kids too all play video games and hang out on social media all day , forget about all the positives that sports like football provide.
Demonizing athletic achievements....brilliant.
First football, next will be hockey , then probably MMA then who knows what after that.......Lets just encourage our kids too all play video games and hang out on social media all day , forget about all the positives that sports like football provide.
Demonizing athletic achievements....brilliant.
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No one is demonizing athletic achievement, if anything is being demonized it's greed and the willingness to utilize and glorify the athletic achievements of others to further that greed.
That's kinda the whole point. Before this new wave of concussion awareness, they probably just did whatever the coaches wanted them to do (ie played through a concussion) because they thought that sitting out with no "visible" injury looked bad. And concussion awareness in no way suddenly prevents these same kids from gaining these same opportunities
The "risks" are brain damage, death, taking a good chunk of time off of your life expectancy, etc. Maybe you wouldn't "trade it for anything", but there are plenty out there that would choose walking away from football (or whatever other sport) to save their health. I'd never keep my son from playing football, and I myself wouldn't have chosen to stop playing football simply due to the risk of getting a concussion. But I'd certainly be much more careful today with him when it comes to playing through multiple concussions, or returning to the field without being cleared by a doctor.
I disagree. We knew that football was violent and that there were risks of getting hurt on the field, but I don't think that anyone knew 10 years ago how many after effects football would have on people 10, 20, or 30+ years down the line,