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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI'm sorry. Sometimes sports are dumb. Just dumb.
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I'm sorry. Sometimes sports are dumb. Just dumb. (Original Post)
MiddleFingerMom
Mar 2012
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saras
(6,670 posts)1. That looks more sensible than many sports.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin-kicking
Or how about a "sport" that gives permanent brain damage to a substantial portion of high-school and college students who participate? Just google "football brain damage" for your own collection of hundreds of links, many to solid research.
But there are THOUSANDS of these:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/28/SPV51E6B5A.DTL
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/10/19/091019fa_fact_gladwell
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/09/14/thomas.football.brain/index.html
http://neurosciencenews.com/neuroscience-brain-damage-head-injury-football-players.htm
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/f/football/head_injuries/index.html
http://www.positscience.com/blog/2011/02/04/gray-matter-on-the-gridiron-what-does-neuroscience-have-to-do-with-football/
http://www.huliq.com/10282/football-players-have-some-sort-brain-damage-states-top-neurologist
Soccer is much less dangerous but not risk-free
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/soccer.html
Or how about a "sport" that gives permanent brain damage to a substantial portion of high-school and college students who participate? Just google "football brain damage" for your own collection of hundreds of links, many to solid research.
But there are THOUSANDS of these:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/28/SPV51E6B5A.DTL
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/10/19/091019fa_fact_gladwell
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/09/14/thomas.football.brain/index.html
http://neurosciencenews.com/neuroscience-brain-damage-head-injury-football-players.htm
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/f/football/head_injuries/index.html
http://www.positscience.com/blog/2011/02/04/gray-matter-on-the-gridiron-what-does-neuroscience-have-to-do-with-football/
http://www.huliq.com/10282/football-players-have-some-sort-brain-damage-states-top-neurologist
Soccer is much less dangerous but not risk-free
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/soccer.html
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)2. I miss the old times
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)3. Taser Ball
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)4. One shouldn't bring a picket fence
to a chain link fight!
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)6. I got ten on picket.
Look at that form!
cyglet
(529 posts)5. Sometimes? n/t