@6rant6 I read the comments on the thread. Please don’t confuse the fact that I disagree with my not having paid attention. You guessed correctly, I did play quite a bit of football and took many hard hits. Many people have and have come through unscathed. It’s true many players have experienced long term effects related to physical trauma, But they went into the sport they loved willingly and knowing the risks. This is a sport that is not going to be banned or outlawed because of the possibility of negative effects.
Many people die every day and suffer long term pain and complications related to automobile accidents, motorcycles, sky diving, surfing, fishing… the list goes on. These things aren’t outlawed. Instead people develop newer technologies to make them safer.
If you read the first statement in my post i mentioned improving helmet technology, which I feel is a step in the right direction.
So please… next time you feel like taking a shot at someone and assuming they didn’t read every post because they disagree with you, try reading their post first.
Having played football does not diminish your IQ or reading comprehension… I managed to get through Med school just fine, I think I can handle getting through the comments on this thread
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