01-30-2017, 01:22 PM
(01-30-2017, 12:53 PM)CageTheBengal Wrote: I can't help but shake my head when I read about the guy who has 6 knee surgeries and has no cartilage in his knees or the guy who was known to have an injury filled career and dies with 5 different kinds of pain killers in his system all before the NFL. These are really young people who I highly doubt can grasp the big picture of their health when they are being blinded by rankings and newspaper clippings projecting them to be the next big athlete.
Maybe there's something to be said about cutting back the physicality of the game while still in High School. Most of the names in the top 100 ended up being irrelevant and never did much anyways. Which makes me think you take a lot of damage in high school without gaining much from it. It sounds like a lot of people really develop and learn in college.
Agree that the game has to be made safer at all levels. But I honestly don't know how you do that. Ejection for all contact with the head? That might help with concussions, but you've still got the knee injuries.
Sometimes when I go to games at PBS I look around and think that we're just like the Romans, watching gladiators kill themselves for our amusement. I know, they are well compensated, and I know, it's their choice. It just bothers me. But I still support it.
