Bennet Omalu says "Football is child abuse"

[dclionsfan]

High school at most levels don't play at a high speed

 

[Crusher1950]

The kids wouldn't be fat today if they were outside playing where they should be. It's nothing but computers and games on tv today. When we were growing up you played the sport that was in season and know we hardly ever heard of concussions. Excercise and get them to know the real world

 

[Lyons212]

It's not a "single" incident concussion that causes CTE. It's the repetitive hits that happen over and over. The interesting thing about the BU study that started all of this recent discussion, and was buried deep in the report, is that every brain studied showed some sign of damage, even if it wasn't CTE.

I don't think they really know what causes CTE other than some kind of head trauma. Is it the number of concussions? The seriousness of the concussion? The time between concussions? The repeated blows to the head such as lineman banging heads or soccer players heading the ball?

It is safe to say that hitting your head on something, particularly with a still developing brain is not a good thing.

 

[LionJim]

I believe statistics show there are more head injuries in soccer than American football. Pretty sure about that.

If you are correct, then it would be a simple matter to Google and share them here.

 

[Lyons212]

If you are correct, then it would be a simple matter to Google and share them here.

Football is #1 with head injuries/concussions. Women's soccer is #2. There have been soccer players with CTE, some have died young. There is one women's player from the great 99 USA team that beat China in the world cup that is suffering from memory issues, she has to use the GPS to get our of her neighborhood.

 

[Howie'81]

If you are correct, then it would be a simple matter to Google and share them here.

https://www.nap.edu/read/10362/chapter/3

@LionJim

Excerpt from article: Neuropsychologist Dr. Ruben Echemendia reported that in his study of college athletes, over 40 percent of the soccer players had at least one concussion prior to attending college. By comparison, only 30 percent of the incoming football players in the same study reported having had a concussion.

 

[pittdan77]

I don't think they really know what causes CTE other than some kind of head trauma. Is it the number of concussions? The seriousness of the concussion? The time between concussions? The repeated blows to the head such as lineman banging heads or soccer players heading the ball?

It is safe to say that hitting your head on something, particularly with a still developing brain is not a good thing.

You are correct that they don't know but what evidence they have points towards the repetitive nature of the impacts. Linemen represent the largest sample in the group.

 

[AWS1022]

I am not sure about 18, but I am sure about 6-7-8-9-10-11 years in gear playing organized tackle football. I think they shouldn't play until 8th grade, (maybe 7th?) and I think it should be via the schools, not a rec league.

I'm not sure why younger kids don't play flag football instead of full gear tackle. I never understood that.