USC's Dying Linebackers

Re:USC's Dying Linebackers by schemescape on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @05:47PM (#24782030)

I used to watch one or more NFL games per week, but after reading up on traumatic brain injuries, I decided to stop supporting football.

I still think it’s the most intricate and exciting team sport, but the long term impact on players (especially the ones who never even get a big payday) is too negative to ignore.

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Re:USC's Dying Linebackers by lotsofpulp on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @05:50PM (#24782050)

I wonder how the data looks on soccer and the long term effects of headers. It seems any activity that causes the brain to rapidly and repeatedly impact the skull is up for review.

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Re:USC's Dying Linebackers by seattletech on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @06:26PM (#24782434)

The surprising thing I found with soccer was that female players had higher incidences of concussions

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2019/11/07/the-conc...

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Re:USC's Dying Linebackers by schemescape on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @10:01PM (#24783996)

Headers are also bad:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3750422/

Although I bet it would be easier to outlaw headers in soccer (aka football :) than somehow avoid concussions in American/gridiron football.

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