07-25-2017, 01:03 PM
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/07/25/health/cte-nfl-players-brains-study/index.html
A recent study has shown a definitive link between long term football play and brain degeneration. Curious about how many of you have had this affect your love for football, or have pulled your children out of football. I have a 4 year old and wonder if i will let him play. Its hard to know that many of the players we cheer now, might end up in a horrible state as they get older.
I personally have been a long time boxing fan and have seen the effects of fighters I have cheered for slip into the abyss. I have continued to watch the sport even as I knew that many fighters were selling years of their life as they went tough rounds. However, I am seriously shocked at how destructive football can be to the brain. The risk of pain while you are older is overpowered by the pursuit of glory and wealth as a young man. What are your opinions? Will this be the beginning of the end for football? Is it overblown?
A recent study has shown a definitive link between long term football play and brain degeneration. Curious about how many of you have had this affect your love for football, or have pulled your children out of football. I have a 4 year old and wonder if i will let him play. Its hard to know that many of the players we cheer now, might end up in a horrible state as they get older.
I personally have been a long time boxing fan and have seen the effects of fighters I have cheered for slip into the abyss. I have continued to watch the sport even as I knew that many fighters were selling years of their life as they went tough rounds. However, I am seriously shocked at how destructive football can be to the brain. The risk of pain while you are older is overpowered by the pursuit of glory and wealth as a young man. What are your opinions? Will this be the beginning of the end for football? Is it overblown?
