Re:Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player
by coliveira on Friday December 29, 2017 @03:36AM
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That will be the logical thing to do, but you know... money... the NFL doesn't seem to care about anything else.
Re:Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player
by aceofspad3s on Friday December 29, 2017 @04:32AM
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Why blame the NFL? It's not like the players are doing it for free.
Re:Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player
by saboot on Friday December 29, 2017 @04:44AM
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Because the NFL could "easily" change the rules to minimize the effects of CTE. Easily is in quotes because it's easy except for a fear of losing money.
Re:Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player
by slg on Friday December 29, 2017 @05:00AM
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It really can't. There are many potential smaller changes that could shave a percentage point or two of the risk factor (and the NFL has already made a handful of those type of changes), but the game of football is setup in such a way that head trauma is a guaranteed byproduct. As other pointed out, the cigarette argument is apt. You can make things marginally safer, but there is never going to be such a thing as a "safe cigarette".
Re:Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player
by aceofspad3s on Friday December 29, 2017 @05:02AM
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It's like a game of gladiators... You can't take the fun off of it.
What more is there to study? Getting knocked in the head for years is bad for you. Do we really need scientists to tell us this? Who in their right mind thinks getting hit in the head on a regular basis will have no negative affects on their well-being? The solution is not some new treatment - it's to... uhm, stop getting your head knocked on a regular basis.