President Obama says football not worth risk for college players.

[RockX]

LOL

 

[Grecian]

"In Sunday's remarks, Obama's tone seemed to shift. He conceded that 'those of us who love the sport are going to have to wrestle with the fact that it will probably change gradually to try to reduce some of the violence.'"

So who's going to change the sport?

 

[Mott the Hoople]

If the NFL as we know it is responsible for as many serious head traumas as it has been, then the demise is overdue. The game will still be played. Helmets will change and so will a few rules. But that is about it.

I don't think so. I think the game will get progressively more violent. Coaches are hired to win and they want bigger, faster players who can hit harder. The leagues PED testing program is a joke as it's obvious to any trained eye that their use is ubiguitous around the league. I fear it will take something dramatic, like a death on the field of play, to see any significant change. Considering I have friends who played both high school and college football who are now in their 40's and 50's and have debilitating degenerative injuries from having played football.....I would have serious misgivings about my child play the sport......which I do love.

Personally I find IHA's false machismo about the sport rather pathetic and when you see a man in his mid 40's with degenerative musculoskeletal issues of a 70 year old who can't do things he should be able to take for granted due to football injuries....well that should give a reasonable person something to think about.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

And please allow me to illustrate how ignorant you are. You are essentially correct in the cause of the injury. But wrong about the being nothing that can be done. It is not the range of movement but the suddenness of the stop that causes the injury. The current helmet was not designed to slow the head to a stop, but protect it inside a shell. The padding is wrong for protecting against a concussion.

Oh, and just in case you want to maintain that you are always right, here are websites that remove that burden from you:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/e...ll-360-helmet-future-of-concussion-prevention

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-12/helmet-wars-and-new-helmet-could-protect-us-all

http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/te...up-new-tech-to-combat-concussions-in-football

http://backushospital.org/preventing-football-concussions-starts-with-helmet-design.html

Meh I hate to admit it cause IHA is essentially an idiot but you're both right. There is no way to completely prevent brain injuries from happening in takle football but there's a hell of a lot that can be done to reduce the number of injuries. I think the best compromise solution I've seen are the use of polystyrene hard shell helmets used in other sports. They are not designed so that one can use their head as a weapon but they will protect the head from an inadvertant blow or blunt trauma. Penalizing the use of the head on contact would also be affective but not a 100% solution. Point being is that there are things that can be done that would lessen the risk of head injury to a more acceptable level. Mandantory medical evaluations by independent physicians (nuerologist) to clear a player for play after a traumatic head incident is also helpful.

 

[Howey]

Allow me to educate you because I am extremely smart and informed.

Been taking your delusions of grandeur pills again? Or just practicing for the Adirondacks Comedy tour?

A helmet may or may not prevent a concussion, but at the very minimum with a combination of new technologies and stricter rules, they can be minimized.