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Concussion blood test

ApostleofGrief
ApostleofGrief Member Posts: 3,904
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It says in the article that more kids play football than baseball and basketball combined in high school. I suppose if they screen for concussions and you don't play past college you'll be OK. I don't really buy the excuse parents give that all collisions are going to lead to long term damage. God knows I had lots of concussions when playing, including in my legendary college stint, and I'm fine.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/health/concussion-fda-bloodtest.html
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  • UWhuskytskeet
    UWhuskytskeet Member Posts: 7,113
    ApostleofGrief said:

    It says in the article that more kids play football than baseball and basketball combined in high school. I suppose if they screen for concussions and you don't play past college you'll be OK. I don't really buy the excuse parents give that all collisions are going to lead to long term damage. God knows I had lots of concussions when playing, including in my legendary college stint, and I'm fine.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/health/concussion-fda-bloodtest.html

    Pretty sure the parents get that excuse from doctors and peer-reviewed medical studies.
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  • UWhuskytskeet
    UWhuskytskeet Member Posts: 7,113
    ApostleofGrief said:

    UWhuskytskeet said:

    ApostleofGrief said:

    It says in the article that more kids play football than baseball and basketball combined in high school. I suppose if they screen for concussions and you don't play past college you'll be OK. I don't really buy the excuse parents give that all collisions are going to lead to long term damage. God knows I had lots of concussions when playing, including in my legendary college stint, and I'm fine.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/health/concussion-fda-bloodtest.html

    Pretty sure the parents get that excuse from doctors and peer-reviewed medical studies.
    The studies I have seen have almost always been NFL players' brains. There is some scant studies done of high school and college players that I've seen, but mostly the results seem indeterminate and the anecdotal evidence doesn't support it. Most that just played through college are OK. It's the types that did a 10 year stint as an NFL linebacker that have problems. A lot of parents are probably looking for confirmation bias to keep their kid out of collision sports. How many will play NFL? Not many.
    It's lower in high school, but college players are almost guaranteed to get it.

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/25/sports/football/nfl-cte.html?_r=0

    CTE was found in the brains of 3 of 14 high school players (21 percent), 48 of 53 college players (91 percent), and 110 of the 111 former NFL players .


    There's selection bias since you probably aren't going to donate your brain if you don't suspect CTE, but the sport is likely fucked long-term.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,604 Founders Club
    Football became great under the boomers

    Thanks for fucking it up guys
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  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    UWhuskytskeet said:

    ApostleofGrief said:

    UWhuskytskeet said:

    ApostleofGrief said:

    It says in the article that more kids play football than baseball and basketball combined in high school. I suppose if they screen for concussions and you don't play past college you'll be OK. I don't really buy the excuse parents give that all collisions are going to lead to long term damage. God knows I had lots of concussions when playing, including in my legendary college stint, and I'm fine.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/health/concussion-fda-bloodtest.html

    Pretty sure the parents get that excuse from doctors and peer-reviewed medical studies.
    The studies I have seen have almost always been NFL players' brains. There is some scant studies done of high school and college players that I've seen, but mostly the results seem indeterminate and the anecdotal evidence doesn't support it. Most that just played through college are OK. It's the types that did a 10 year stint as an NFL linebacker that have problems. A lot of parents are probably looking for confirmation bias to keep their kid out of collision sports. How many will play NFL? Not many.
    It's lower in high school, but college players are almost guaranteed to get it.

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/25/sports/football/nfl-cte.html?_r=0

    CTE was found in the brains of 3 of 14 high school players (21 percent), 48 of 53 college players (91 percent), and 110 of the 111 former NFL players .


    There's selection bias since you probably aren't going to donate your brain if you don't suspect CTE, but the sport is likely fucked long-term.
    Sounds like it’s tim for you to LEAVE and stop supporting this human cockfighting
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  • ApostleofGrief
    ApostleofGrief Member Posts: 3,904
    UWhuskytskeet said:

    ApostleofGrief said:

    UWhuskytskeet said:

    ApostleofGrief said:

    It says in the article that more kids play football than baseball and basketball combined in high school. I suppose if they screen for concussions and you don't play past college you'll be OK. I don't really buy the excuse parents give that all collisions are going to lead to long term damage. God knows I had lots of concussions when playing, including in my legendary college stint, and I'm fine.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/health/concussion-fda-bloodtest.html

    Pretty sure the parents get that excuse from doctors and peer-reviewed medical studies.
    The studies I have seen have almost always been NFL players' brains. There is some scant studies done of high school and college players that I've seen, but mostly the results seem indeterminate and the anecdotal evidence doesn't support it. Most that just played through college are OK. It's the types that did a 10 year stint as an NFL linebacker that have problems. A lot of parents are probably looking for confirmation bias to keep their kid out of collision sports. How many will play NFL? Not many.
    It's lower in high school, but college players are almost guaranteed to get it.

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/25/sports/football/nfl-cte.html?_r=0

    CTE was found in the brains of 3 of 14 high school players (21 percent), 48 of 53 college players (91 percent), and 110 of the 111 former NFL players .


    There's selection bias since you probably aren't going to donate your brain if you don't suspect CTE, but the sport is likely fucked long-term.
    Not necessarily fucked long term. Look, the human brain can take a remarkable beating and still work. It's like the liver. Everybody that drinks regularly doesn't die of cirrhosis. If you are going to beat the fucking crap out of your body and drink heavily for 10 years or play 10 years in the NFL you are going to fuck up your liver or your brain as the case may be. But most people don't die of liver failure as most football players don't die of concussion syndrome. Do they show signs of damage? Probably. Don't you hate the argument style when you ask an answer your own questions? I do.
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  • Mosster47
    Mosster47 Member Posts: 6,246
    I've highlighted this on here before but the amount of contact a high school player goes through today compared to ten years is night and day. It's significantly less than it was five years ago.

    Flag football is becoming much more popular at the youth levels which is gearing us up for some hardcore 7-on-7 bullshit in the future, but it will still be football, kind of.
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