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Thanks for the long-form posts. I feel some days that I'm catching up on Thaler, perhaps you are too?I disagree re: the concussion stuff, though. That's a huge issue that's literally killing these guys, and there's still too much that we don't know about the specifics of it: how far back does the brain damage go? How many years is it 'safe' to play? Etc. I can do without the other stuff, but I don't know how we can just hand-wave that away. It's a sobering realization and it's made football a lot less enjoyable to watch; I feel guilty for even enjoying it now. But ignoring that is no solution, and I think awareness is huge, at least in that it makes sure younger folks are educated on the risks they're taking before they start playing.
It is a sobering realization, and one that would really be shaking up the "****tiest league office" if it wasn't so ****ty . Even their dumb ass reptilian brained drive openly stated since 2010 to reach $25B revenue (regardless of what it does to the sport) should allow for detection of the obvious threat to their greed filled desires.
It's clear that there is not going to be a simple answer because this is a medical situation where no simple rule can be used to answer things like "How many years is it 'safe' to play?". Doctors are going to be conservative and say "play as little as possible", etc. Given this, the reptiles might begin to think it's hard to have a league if the potential players are being told to play as little as possible. Then again, they'll probably see if they can't find a pool of "expendable" players they can draft in, or move towards a "flag football" version of the game and start letting the players take their helmets off after plays in the hopes that it'll boost the league's standing in this day of social media hype.
See, I meandered my way right back on target!