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2017-18 Report: College football popularity highlighted by impressive ratings and attendance data

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  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,773
    I think you soft fucking Americans should take off all the pads.
  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    PurpleJ said:

    I think you soft fucking Americans should take out all the pads.

  • TTJ
    TTJ Member Posts: 4,827
    My. It seems I've struck a nerve.










    Too soon?
  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,773
    People said the same thing about boxing.
  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    TTJ said:

    My. It seems I've struck a nerve.










    Too soon?

    I think you're overstating the point but I do think CTE is a bigger looming problem than most here seem to admit. The government is going to get involved at some point and/or the lawsuits are going to be through the Ruth. There's a day of reckoning of some sort coming. I think football survives but it will be significantly altered.
  • Baseman
    Baseman Member Posts: 12,379

    TTJ said:

    Inside the US here’s CFB and everything else. It will continue to grow in popularity.

    No. It won't.




    And I will be as devastated as you.
    Have you met a single person that has stopped watching football because of CTE? I don’t think I have. I bet the anthem protests got more people to stop watching than any CTE hot talk. I know that’s a NFL issue, but still.

    Everyone pretends they care so much about the safety of the players, but they really don’t. Everyone still watches and mostly everyone still enjoys a big hit.

    As I’ve said before. The kids who won’t be allowed to play football because mommy is scared for their brain were never the types to play big time college football anyways.

  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,684
    edited May 2018
    There's a big difference between an NFL dude who plays for 20 years total and 10 of them against professional and college monsters vs a kid who plays for a few years in high school vs 180 lbs scrubs.

    The only people who should be worried are people with NFL talent.

    And those are exactly the people who don't give a fuck.
  • UW_Doog_Bot
    UW_Doog_Bot Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 18,568 Founders Club

    There's a big difference between an NFL dude who plays for 20 years total and 10 of them against professional and college monsters vs a kid who plays for a few years in high school vs 180 lbs scrubs.

    The only people who should be worried are people with NFL talent.

    And those are exactly the people who don't give a fuck.

    Don't give a fuck or are taking a risk based on the millions of dollars they make?

    Nascar drivers die in horrible crashes but it's still going.
  • TTJ
    TTJ Member Posts: 4,827

    There's a big difference between an NFL dude who plays for 20 years total and 10 of them against professional and college monsters vs a kid who plays for a few years in high school vs 180 lbs scrubs.

    The only people who should be worried are people with NFL talent.

    And those are exactly the people who don't give a fuck.

    You’ve got it ass backward. The real harm is happening from repetitive daily head trauma in practice. At all levels on down to Pop Warner.