New CTE Study

[mosslost]

CTE study: Repetitive head impact, not concussions, triggers disease

It won't super long before the decision is taken out of the parents hands as to whether their children can play certain sports.. This article covers 4 teenager post mortem brains.. disturbing

from the article:

“There are going to be policy implications to this,” Lee E. Goldstein, a co-author of the study, physician and associate professor at Boston University School of Medicine and College of Engineering, told USA TODAY Sports. “This is concerning, particularly for kids who are not old enough to make other decisions legally on their own -- like to smoke, drink or drive a car. Just like we don’t allow kids to do those activities, I think we have a moral obligation to protect them from harm.”

 

[Kontradiction]

CTE study: Repetitive head impact, not concussions, triggers disease

It won't super long before the decision is taken out of the parents hands as to whether their children can play certain sports.. This article covers 4 teenager post mortem brains.. disturbing

from the article:

“There are going to be policy implications to this,” Lee E. Goldstein, a co-author of the study, physician and associate professor at Boston University School of Medicine and College of Engineering, told USA TODAY Sports. “This is concerning, particularly for kids who are not old enough to make other decisions legally on their own -- like to smoke, drink or drive a car. Just like we don’t allow kids to do those activities, I think we have a moral obligation to protect them from harm.”

If I end up having a son, he's definitely not playing football. Not with what we're finding out every day. I worry about my own long-term mental health. There were long stretches of games that I don't remember after absorbing some head shots.

 

[signbabybrady]

Parents of the future be like.

 

[Kontradiction]

I’m also not letting my future children play soccer either because I’m not going to be raising wimps.

 

[PatriotsNumero1Fan]

CTE study: Repetitive head impact, not concussions, triggers disease

It won't super long before the decision is taken out of the parents hands as to whether their children can play certain sports.. This article covers 4 teenager post mortem brains.. disturbing

from the article:

“There are going to be policy implications to this,” Lee E. Goldstein, a co-author of the study, physician and associate professor at Boston University School of Medicine and College of Engineering, told USA TODAY Sports. “This is concerning, particularly for kids who are not old enough to make other decisions legally on their own -- like to smoke, drink or drive a car. Just like we don’t allow kids to do those activities, I think we have a moral obligation to protect them from harm.”

Not what the nfl wants to hear for sure.

 

[mgteich]

If kids can't be protected, then there will be no football. Also, boxing will not be a major sport in middle school.

I am certainly hope that proper equipment can be developed. However, I agree with the protecting of children.

CTE study: Repetitive head impact, not concussions, triggers disease

It won't super long before the decision is taken out of the parents hands as to whether their children can play certain sports.. This article covers 4 teenager post mortem brains.. disturbing

from the article:

“There are going to be policy implications to this,” Lee E. Goldstein, a co-author of the study, physician and associate professor at Boston University School of Medicine and College of Engineering, told USA TODAY Sports. “This is concerning, particularly for kids who are not old enough to make other decisions legally on their own -- like to smoke, drink or drive a car. Just like we don’t allow kids to do those activities, I think we have a moral obligation to protect them from harm.”

 

[lancerman]

Parents of the future be like.

The funny thing is that it wouldn't even do anything because your head is still taking impact and moving in that. You'd really need like a special helmet that can suspend your head in through like tightened elastics so that your head wouldn't move on impact to be truly safe.

This also does confirm that we still at the infancy of understanding concussions and CTE.

 

[mosslost]

Parents of the future be like.

with working remotely, and video conferencing, perhaps the future will be entirely virtual and on line, including social life and parties. Just drinking together in Skype parties.. safe at home we may not need the appropriate head gear that way.

TBI sites (Traumatic Brain Injury) are already predicting helmets for drivers in cars in the near term future being required.

 

[mosslost]

Not what the nfl wants to hear for sure.

Though all of it is very disturbing.. I find the sadest part that CTE can cause horrible depression to such a horrible extent that these former players take their what would seem like otherwise wonderful lives. Two of the 18 year olds in the article committed suicide and the autopsies showed extensive CTE.

 

[Kontradiction]

So, from the way the article sounds, the "concussion protocol" is even more useless when they study these guys and let them back out onto the field. This is going to eventually kill the quality of the game as more and more parents will not let their kids play the sport and the talent pool gets thinner.

 

[jimnance]

Well it's a good thing. More research, the better. I would never let a kid play tackle football until hs. Wouldn't let em box til hs, either.

 

[Chris Stevenson]

Parents of the future be like.

is that the english league soccer goalie from arsenal??

 

[Froob]

If I end up having a son, he's definitely not playing football. Not with what we're finding out every day. I worry about my own long-term mental health. There were long stretches of games that I don't remember after absorbing some head shots.

NBA is where it’s at if you get a pick of where you can play. Not a ridiculous long season and boring sport like baseball but, guaranteed massive contracts and not big injury risk.

 

[Tunescribe]

I’m also not letting my future children play soccer either because I’m not going to be raising wimps.

Kontra's future kid:

 

[PatriotsNumero1Fan]

So, from the way the article sounds, the "concussion protocol" is even more useless when they study these guys and let them back out onto the field. This is going to eventually kill the quality of the game as more and more parents will not let their kids play the sport and the talent pool gets thinner.

Well i hope technology can evolved and we can see equipment get better.

 

[long distance]

If kids can't be protected, then there will be no football. Also, boxing will not be a major sport in middle school.

I am certainly hope that proper equipment can be developed. However, I agree with the protecting of children.

 

[brdmaverick]

the "athlete" of the future will be video game players

 

[Kontradiction]

Kontra's future kid:

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If they're anything like dad, they'll get away with it. That's still better than playing soccer. I suppose that if I had a girl I might let her play soccer. That's more of a fit.

 

[mosslost]

Well i hope technology can evolved and we can see equipment get better.

I don't see how equipment fixes this

 

[Tunescribe]

I don't see how equipment fixes this

Link: The story behind the experimental collar worn by Luke Kuechly