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Re:I’m the Wife of a Former N.F.L. Player. Football Destroye... by acct1771 on Friday February 02, 2018 @03:13PM (#16293832)
Correct. Which is why my argument is, if we're going to keep having blood sports, let them use the drugs to improve their muscle mass to hopefully protect them slightly better from this stuff, improve recovery/rebuild time, and make the game more exciting, surely.
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Re:I’m the Wife of a Former N.F.L. Player. Football Destroye... by rgbrenner on Friday February 02, 2018 @03:25PM (#16293919)
But that would also allow them to hit harder.. and there are no muscles around the brain to protect it from impacts or prevent it from moving. I don't see how that would make brain damage less likely.
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Re:I’m the Wife of a Former N.F.L. Player. Football Destroye... by smt88 on Friday February 02, 2018 @03:53PM (#16294124)
Adding mass will increase the force. That's the opposite of what would protect the players.

A better solution would be weight limits and stricter controls on doping, not looser.

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