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The Beginning of the End of Football?

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fwbuck said:
I'd be curious to know the prevalence of C.T.E. in the male population in general. Not denying that football most definitely increases the odds, but it would be interesting to see the comparison.
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The study is alarming, but I don't think it's the final say on the matter. For one thing, I think you need more control groups: NFL players who don't donate, population at large, other collision prone sports. I'm not discounting it as junk science as some have in a need to defend the foosball. I do think there is serious and legit science behind it, but it's one point along a path and more needs to come out.
 
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Poe McKnoe said:
Not sure if whoever you are referring to here is playing soccer correctly.
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"Several speakers noted that players who frequently head the ball tend to be aggressive players and their aggressiveness may make them more susceptible to head collisions with other players. Other frequent causes of concussions in soccer players are head collisions with other players or goalposts or falls where their heads hit the ground, according to Dr. Kirkendall."
 
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Jaxbuck said:
That and, most important for parents, what impact does participation in lower levels of football have?

I can tell you anecdotally that I have actively steered my son away from football. If there is even a 1% extra chance of life long brain injury from just participating (not random catastrophic injury which there is an element of in every sport) then why take the risk?
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Similarly, my son decided to give football a try last year as a Freshman. After camp and his first game on the JV squad he decided to quit as he just didn't like it. Ordinarily I would have told him to finish that which he starts, don't let your teammates down, etc. Instead, I put up no resistance, I just asked him if he was sure, he said yes, and I said, "OK" I think he was surprised (Pleasantly) that I didn't "make" him continue, actually, and think he probably stuck with it a week or two more than he would have if he wasn't afraid I'd be disappointed. lol
 
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OHSportsFan said:
I got either punched by goalie/headed by defender once in high school soccer. Don't really remember but I came to on my back, staring up at a teammate celebrating the goal I apparently scored.

Had a sweet shiner to go with the story for the next week. When men were men.
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When men were men, it wasn't considered manly to play soccer.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
When men were men, it wasn't considered manly to play soccer.
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:
Has this changed?
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When I was in HS, the club soccer team (or more accurately, their moms) demanded that the school put up a banner on the gymnasium wall to show the league championships they had won just like every other sport... even though they were a newly formed club team and didn't actually play in a league.

And now Donald Trump is president, I hope they're happy.
 
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Buckeye86 said:
When I was in HS, the club soccer team (or more accurately, their moms) demanded that the school put up a banner on the gymnasium wall to show the league championships they had won just like every other sport... even though they were a newly formed club team and didn't actually play in a league.

And now Donald Trump is president, I hope they're happy.
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Did said soccer moms drive Suburbans? Thought so.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
When men were men, it wasn't considered manly to play soccer.
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:
Has this changed?
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Hey. Guys.

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http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/9567/john-urschel

Ravens OL John Urschel announced his retirement after three seasons in the NFL.
Only 26 and slated to compete for a starting job, this decision comes as a surprise, and it is likely not a coincidence the announcement comes two days after a scary study about the prevalence of CTE in NFL players was released. A doctoral candidate in mathematics at MIT, Urschel has a bright future off the football field. With Urschel out of the running, Ryan Jensen is the favorite to take over at center.
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jwinslow said:
Real men lift lots of weights so they can be football player proximity associates on Friday nights. It's the SEC approach applied to juvenile manliness. You know, like the water boy or the stat guys.
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I wasn't saying that was my POV, just that times are always changing and I see a guy say "when men were men" and I remember about 20 years before that when the "men where men" was completely different.

More of a "damn I'm getting old" thing. Not a shot at soccer.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
I wasn't saying that was my POV, just that times are always changing and I see a guy say "when men were men" and I remember about 20 years before that when the "men where men" was completely different.

More of a "damn I'm getting old" thing. Not a shot at soccer.
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All in good fun. There's a springboard about what men are these days but I'm not going to take it. :wink:
 
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