“There was a horrifying hit on Davante Adams. It’s hard to believe he only has a concussion.”
Is a hit like that going to happen if no one is wearing head protection? The helmet seems to be used more as a weapon than it is a protection for some players. The more protection the players are given, the more indestructible they feel, the harder they hit . . .
The average career of an NFL player is only 3.3 years. Even if he is an outstanding rookie prospect and makes the opening game roster, his average career is still only 6 years! That statistic is from the NFL.
Dave Meggyesy wrote “Out Of Their League” after he retired as a player. It addresses the reality of being an NFL player in great detail. He later worked for the NFL players union for a few years and taught at Stanford.
Danny Trevathan, the guy who put the dirty hit on Davante Adams, has been suspended by the league for two games.
If it sticks, it will cost him $250,000.
Well, at least something…
http://radio.wosu.org/post/shrinking-field-fewer-high-schoolers-playing-football#stream/0
"The Ohio High School Athletic Association, the sanctioning body for high school sports in the state, says there’s been a consistent drop in the number of boys and girls signing up for football in recent years.
Figures from the OHSAA show a steady increase in the number of high school football players for most of the 2000s, and a consistent decline since. The OHSAA says the number of high school football players in Ohio last year was 42,490.
That’s down more than 23 percent, from a peak of 55,392 in 2009.
It’s a trend reflected across the country: The National Federation of State High School Associations released a report in September showing that football participation fell from 1,112,251 to 1,086,748 players between the 2015 and 2016 seasons.
Meanwhile, overall sports participation increased nationally, including in several other boys’ sports like soccer, track and field and cross country"
@Luska19 It looks like you’re late to the discussion. Go back and read my post #57 and other posts please. Just sharing info here.
@doschicos I don’t think you read thru the first article about the severity of the concussions vs frequency.
Tell it to all the folks pulling their kids out of football.
Again, addressed in the articles. An overreaction to football when it’s just as bad or worse in other sports as well. I’m not saying they are right or wrong for pulling them from football but to not realize it is prevalent in other sports is just ignorant and lazy.
First time CTE has been diagnosed in a living patient - a football player.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/nfl-player-confirmed-1st-diagnosis-cte-living-patient/story?id=51181721
It will be harder and harder for the league to hide from this reality.
My FIL has Parkinsons, and H & I will always wonder if it’s because he was a linebacker in college. He wore a leather helmet, so there is no doubt the hits affected his brain in some way. College football was his ticket out of the south side of Chicago, and he loved playing, but was the price worth it if his disease is the result of the game? We can’t go back in time, but it certainly makes us glad H & S never played the game.
Thank you for posting the article. I saw it yesterday but could not find the thread.