ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trauma on Field

Re:ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trau... by dsacco on Thursday August 31, 2017 @04:00PM (#15143397)

> Would you be OK allowing two consenting adults to fight to the death for pay?

Given that scenario as stated? Sure, I'm all for it. Take away the gloves in boxing and we're pretty close to that.

I'd be concerned about the negative incentives that could potentially exploit lower income people, but on its own I don't have a problem with it.

I personally wouldn't do it, and I don't think I'd enjoy watching it, but I'm of the opinion that:

1. If it occurs a lot, there is a market for it,

2. Given a market for it, we should explore allowing and heavily regulating it, including negative externalities, rather than banning it and pushing it to a black market.

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Re:ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trau... by darrenf on Thursday August 31, 2017 @04:20PM (#15143566)

AIUI bare knuckle boxing is less dangerous than the big time stuff. Gloves protect the boxer doing the punching from breaking their fingers/hands, enabling them to do more damage to their opponents. You ain't punching a skull with your bare knuckles and hurting the other party much.

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Re:ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trau... by dsacco on Thursday August 31, 2017 @06:19PM (#15144449)

Ah, my mistake I suppose. I understood bare knuckle boxing is dangerous for the hands, but I also believed it was dangerous for the other party.

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Re:ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trau... by yequalsx on Thursday August 31, 2017 @05:42PM (#15144206)

You'd be OK allowing two people to fight to the death for pay? I'm stunned. You are the only person I know of that would be OK living in a society that allowed two people to fight until one of them dies for pay. I'm glad your view is not a popular one.

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Re:ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trau... by rplst8 on Thursday August 31, 2017 @10:24PM (#15145660)

We pretty much already do...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_due_to_injuries...

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Re:ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trau... by yequalsx on Friday September 01, 2017 @12:58AM (#15146222)

Those are not fights to the death. They are deaths due to fighting. There is a significant difference. We do not allow two people to fight to the death for money. I'm surprised that anyone would be in favor of allowing it to be legal.

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