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New Yorker: Does Football Have a Future?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Boom_70, Jan 25, 2011.

  1. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    We hear about the NFL players who are addled, but that's not to say there aren't plenty of players with grade-school, high school and college experience who also don't suffer in later years. Or for that matter, in earlier years. The Penn player who killed himself this season showed signs of concussion-related head trauma. In some ways, it's worse at the younger levels, because who knows what quality of equipment you have, how you're being taught, and how well you're being diagnosed and treated? In fact, the reason there are state laws now that require players (in any sport) to sit out after a concussion have come because of the effects seen in youth athletes, a long, long way from pro ball.
     
  2. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member



    One 21-year-old defensive end took 537 hits to the head during a season of football games and practices at the University of North Carolina. Of those, 417 had magnitudes of 10 g or more (shown). Two resulted in concussion. Click and drag on the graphic below to rotate it and get a clearer sense of the location and magnitude of all the recorded impacts.

    http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/02/big-idea/concussions-interactive
     
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