the future of the nfl in question.

Come on. Read the headline.

Those numbers are highly misleading.

The average NFL career is about 3 years. Half your defense and offense are lineman who have an extremely low rate of concussions.

If you wanna get a better idea of the concussion rate of NFL players, study RBs who literally get hit on every play they carry the football.

Or LBers and safeties who are involved in collisions on nearly every snap.

If 95% of NFL players were experiencing debilitating affects from concussions, after every game most players would be walking around woozy.

At worst after any game, IMO 2-5 players on an active game day 46 man roster experience concussions symptoms after the game.

Even if you triple or quadruple that estimate, it doesn't get you close to the numbers quoted in that article.

Yes concussions in football are a real risk and 60-75% of football players at some point have had their bell 'rung'.

But that's not the same as saying over 90% of NFL players are suffering from CTE.


Retired HOF QB Steve Young had 6 concussions during his playing career and had to retire in 2000 because of them.
So far he's he's experiencing no symptoms from his playing career.

Same thing for Troy Aikman who was forced to retire from a vicious concussive hit on the sideline.

As of yet no CTE symptoms.

That said, the NFL needs to be more proactive in diagnosing, treating and preventing concussions because the risk of brain injury in the sport is probably still too high.

 

Or have them play flag football

 

Or bigger helmets.lol

 

Lol

 

If i had a son , i wouldnt let him play.

 

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Hln talks to a former nfl player

 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/10/1...all-player-dies-after-collapsing-during-game/

6th high school football player to die on the football field since september

 

I totally agree. My ex allowed my son to play this fall, and he has gotten into two fights and been suspended - first time in his life. Both fights were with the same kid and both started during football practice. The coach, rather than breaking it up like a responsible adult, reportedly told my son and the other kid to ["suit up and work it out on the field"]. I know the sport is not to blame for his behavior, but I believe it fosters rather than deters aggression and feeds his already swelling ego. Since he started the sport at the end of August, his aggression levels have been inversely proportionate to his academic success. I am trying to convince him to leave the sport alone for good.

 

im shocked mom hasnt taken him out

 

jets player feels betrayed after seeing tge concussion movie

http://m.nydailynews.com/sports/foo...l-watching-concussion-movie-article-1.2480038

 

Now when l look back on this
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7...yton-used-drugs-talked-suicide-according-book

I'm wondering if Walter Payton was possibly suffering from concussion trauma?

 

I believe he died of cancer

 

Yes, l know. Not talking about that...talking about that he was often suicidal. Did you read the link?

It's become a common theme.

 

Nope.

I wouldn't doubt it.