The answer may turn out to be never; but who knows? These studies are a tip of the iceberg, and I have no doubt that the more studies they conduct; the more they are going to be able to conclude that football causes brain damage at an early age. 33 out of the 34 deceased football players that were examined, had brain damage.

Brain Damage

get rid of the helmets

Meatheads

Are you not entertained?

Serious answer, when the money goes away.

(12-03-2012 10:19 AM)fsquid Wrote:  get rid of the helmets

That or go back to one you fold and put in your pocket.

yup.

Get rid of everyone that weighs over 220 that runs a sub 4.5 40 yard dash.

(12-03-2012 10:23 AM)Crini Wrote:  Are you not entertained?

Serious answer, when the money goes away.

More likely, when high schools start dropping it. I'd expect that children would be the first who are barred from participating in such a gladiatorial sport.

(12-03-2012 10:23 AM)Crini Wrote:  Are you not entertained?

Serious answer, when the money goes away.

You can make a ton of money by legalizing cocaine.

(12-03-2012 10:47 AM)Stammers Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:23 AM)Crini Wrote:  Are you not entertained?

Serious answer, when the money goes away.

You can make a ton of money by legalizing cocaine.

You can make even more money by keeping it illegal!

I guess when they go back to playing flag football.

Getting rid of helmets would be a great start.

When Corey B and the like start winning cases.

(12-03-2012 10:33 AM)Memp400Kng Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:23 AM)Crini Wrote:  Are you not entertained?

Serious answer, when the money goes away.

More likely, when high schools start dropping it. I'd expect that children would be the first who are barred from participating in such a gladiatorial sport.

I think that will be the eventual death nail. Although I think it'll be more parents will start pushing their kids to other sports and then the talent pool will dry up and football will end up like heavyweight boxing.

(12-03-2012 11:35 AM)TiggerFan Wrote:  When Corey B and the like start winning cases.

I'll be graduating from U of M law in 3 years so hopefully that'll become a windfall like the tobacco cases were. God knows the NFL and the owners have plenty of money...

Requiring that all teams incorporate a Tommy West/Joe Lee Dunn style of defense would cut out a lot of the injuries.

(12-03-2012 11:40 AM)true_blue_thru_and_thru Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 11:35 AM)TiggerFan Wrote:  When Corey B and the like start winning cases.

I'll be graduating from U of M law in 3 years so hopefully that'll become a windfall like the tobacco cases were. God knows the NFL and the owners have plenty of money...

I met the Knoxville-based attorney that headed up the tobacco case for Tennessee in Destin. He owned the top floor of the condo building where we rented. Kids had Hummers in both Knoxville and Destin. He flew in for lunch several times during those two weeks--on his jet, of course. Nice family.

(12-03-2012 10:24 AM)Phillip26r Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:19 AM)fsquid Wrote:  get rid of the helmets

That or go back to one you fold and put in your pocket.

Yeah, that post gets made every so often...and it's as much garbage now as it was the first time I saw it. Concussions were still happening, just going unreported.

(12-03-2012 11:47 AM)TiggerFan Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 11:40 AM)true_blue_thru_and_thru Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 11:35 AM)TiggerFan Wrote:  When Corey B and the like start winning cases.

I'll be graduating from U of M law in 3 years so hopefully that'll become a windfall like the tobacco cases were. God knows the NFL and the owners have plenty of money...

I met the Knoxville-based attorney that headed up the tobacco case for Tennessee in Destin. He owned the top floor of the condo building where we rented. Kids had Hummers in both Knoxville and Destin. He flew in for lunch several times during those two weeks--on his jet, of course. Nice family.

Ha, yeah, def sounds like he made out okay!

The problem lies with the pro ranks IMO. The game is too fast and everyone is freaky strong in the NFL. I looked at the study and I felt like they did not necessarily look at a good control population; however, to get permission to dissect someone's brain is not easy. It would be interesting if they did a much larger scale study that enrolled people's brain strictly on specific sport participation. The highschooler brains that showed damage were from either freak accidents on the football field or suicide cases. I would be interested in seeing the overall trend as you can pick and choose cases sometimes to get your statistics right.