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Old 07-25-2017, 01:39 PM
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Head injuries in sport

American football will die a slow death imo. Parents are already refusing to allow boys to play as more & more studies confirm CTE. Of course, this is a class situation. Affluent parents weigh the risk and say nope. The less than affluent, who see football as an escape, will in many cases accept/ignore the risk.

I follow the college game & you see this dynamic quite often.
White player gets to his 3 rd concussion & he quits, despite a promising continued college career w a shot at the NFL. African American players keep 'living the dream.'

https://sports.vice.com/en_us/articl...s-of-black-men

Of course I could be wrong, a culture that's traded religion for the Sunday gladiators may find its violence fix too hard to let go of & accept the sports PR campaign - aka smokescreen - to lessen the incidence of CTE.

And the Will Smith movie is quite good.


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