the future of the nfl in question.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/03/1...oins-list-of-nfl-retirees.html?referrer=&_r=0

a 49er quits the NFL due to the risk of what could happen in the future in regards to his health.

what do you think the future of the nfl will be?

 

They (NFL) will just need to enact some rule changes.

This might sound drastic, but they should abandon the modern helmets.

The modern helmets give players a false sense of security, players sometime neglect their natural instinct to protect their heads when they have a hard helmet on.

Also, some studies indicate that the high rate of concussions are caused by the head bouncing around inside the helmet.

I think the future of the NFL might lie in it's past.

 

The same as it is now. If two guys can sign up to f each other up like ufc then I doubt the NFL with so many rules will disappear unless something more violent comes along.

 

i heard someone say that this will turn into a gladiiator thing where the poor and undereducated will be used as entertainment.

 

It isn't already???

The NFL isn't changing in any significant way in my lifetime. The past Super Bowl was the most watched show ever. The poor will always need a way to climb out of their social standing, and being a superior in athletics is one of em. That isn't going to change either.

 

he was basically saying what u are saying (i think)

the guy who quit (if im not mistakened) was well educated and something to fall back on.

the poor and uneducated will go nfl to get wealth....if they can hold onto it.

 

that leather helmet will slow down fools.

 

Meh...I think they should dump all the padding period

 

Is that rugby, or Aussie rules? Makes me glad I'm not Australian...OUCH!

 

Whatever it is..they're not whining about trivial things like helmets and concussions

 

Lol, I saw the player that retired this morning. He had a pretty cogent argument. I don't blame him, frankly. I wouldn't want to end up like Junior Seau. There was a 16 year old on the tennis circuit last summer, who took up the sport after being ordered out of the football league for repeated concussions. Damn.

For whatever reason though, I think rugby and Aussie rules hit differently (read: more responsibly) since they're not padded. It looks like rugby players do more dragging/grappling to take someone down than spearing/clipping/effing someone up.

 

Anyone here who has seen a nfl game at field level or know dudes that's played will tell you it's not the helmets ,, the field needs to be widen to at least the cfl width and length
It's played on the same field from the beginning a safety back then was a buck 70 didn't train year round

 

If they want to prevent concussions all they gotta do is hit the gym more and work the head muscles

 

Being a cop is dangerous.
Being a firefighter is dangerous.

Not every NFL player is dealing with debilitating post-concussive syndrome after retirement, and at least they get a change to earn millions of dollars to play the world's most violent sport.

The NFL ain't going nowhere, nor is the sport of football.


So what if those kid from the 'burbs aren't being allowed to play contact sports anymore???

You really believe the NCAA is going to let the fanaticism for college football lose out to media talking heads and timid parents???

The closer the average NFL player salary gets to seven figures, the more dudes are going play the game.

 

True, true, true

 

yeah thats why i say its going to be considered a gladiator thang. the poor and undereducated will be playing for the money cause they see it as their only option.

the middle class and up will have their kids doing something else......like school or another sport thats not as violent.

 

Wrong thread.

 

Present and accounted for. Lol. My son asked and there's no way in Hades that's going to happen. Hoops, tennis and soccer are enough.

Do you think it's basically an arms race now, with these guys getting bigger and stronger every year?

This.

 

Sobering

Not all, but damn near close.
More damming evidence...

Study reveals 96 percent of NFL players' brains tested positive for CTE





Ben Rohrbach 5 hours ago

If a Hollywood film isn't enough to convince the general public that concussions are a serious threat to the future of football, perhaps further scientific evidence will get the point across.

A whopping 87 of the 91 brains of former NFL players tested by researchers with the Department of Veteran Affairs and Boston University tested positive for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to a recent study. In other words, 95.6 percent of former NFL players tested were suffering from a disease that has been linked to dementia, depression and even the suicides of several Hall of Fame players.

In all, the research teams tested the brains of 165 former football players ranging from high school to the NFL, and 131 of them returned evidence of CTE — an astoundingly high percentage of 79.4, per PBS.

As a caveat, "Frontline" notes that many of the brains studied were donated by people who believed to be suffering from CTE when they were alive, which therefore might skew the numbers higher than normal. Because testing for the disease among the living has proven less effective, there's some question as to what the real percentage of CTE cases among football players might be. Regardless, let's agree it's high.

“People think that we’re blowing this out of proportion, that this is a very rare disease and that we’re sensationalizing it,” said Dr. Ann McKee, who runs the lab as part of a collaboration between the VA and BU. “My response is that where I sit, this is a very real disease. We have had no problem identifying it in hundreds of players.”

As for the NFL's efforts to address the matter, a spokesman cited the league's donations to Boston University and told PBS, "We are dedicated to making football safer and continue to take steps to protect players, including rule changes, advanced sideline technology and expanded medical resources."

Indeed, the NFL and "Frontline" estimate concussions dropped between 28 and 35 percent since 2013, a timespan that also includes an uncapped settlement with retired players that started at $765 million.

This latest study comes on the heels of a trailer for the forthcoming movie "Concussion," starring Will Smith as Dr. Bennet Omalu, the Nigerian-born neuropathologist who discovered CTE in September 2002.

If the NFL thought its settlement would end this discussion, it's quickly realizing it was only the beginning.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/blogs/...rains-tested-positive-for-cte-162420698.html#

 

^^^Scary numbers, that.