What does having a cavity have to do with playing football? Nothing. But if you found cavities in 110 of 111 people who ate a lot of candy and didn't brush their teeth daily you might have an analogy.
But I get your point.
This could kill football as we know it....(link)
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But I get your point.
What does having a cavity have to do with playing football? Nothing. But if you found cavities in 110 of 111 people who ate a lot of candy and didn't brush their teeth daily you might have an analogy.
But I get your point.
They do drink a lot of Gatorade...
Right now this CTE stuff is all potentially a red herring. The CTE study was done largely on an older generation of football players, and done on patients for whom CTE was suspected.
Until they can do the same studies on a wider group of not just football players, but non-sports players and others sports players, really all this study shows is "yes, football in the 20th century ignored brain injuries."
Until they can do the same studies on a wider group of not just football players, but non-sports players and others sports players, really all this study shows is "yes, football in the 20th century ignored brain injuries."
I think we are at the point where it is pretty clear that repeatedly banging your head on something is probably not good for the brain, especially in children.
That is going to cause the way youth sports are played in the USA. No heading in soccer before high school, no tackling in football before high school is coming.
That is going to cause the way youth sports are played in the USA. No heading in soccer before high school, no tackling in football before high school is coming.
