Re:I’m the Wife of a Former N.F.L. Player. Football Destroye...
by switchbak on Friday February 02, 2018 @02:11PM
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Many of the more serious impacts occur at high speeds, some at full speed. Special teams (kickoff, punt return, etc) are particularly bad for this. There are players on the payroll that are kept for just this purpose.
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Re:I’m the Wife of a Former N.F.L. Player. Football Destroye...
by evilduck on Friday February 02, 2018 @02:56PM
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Player positions with more high speed impacts aren't necessarily linked to greater lifetime CTE risks because they might have fewer total impacts during their career. Linemen might even be worse off with many more "lesser" impacts. The big high speed hits from a safety draw attention, but they're pretty infrequent. A lineman is pretty much guaranteed a consistent head impact every play.
https://www.inverse.com/article/37934-nfl-funded-study-brain...