Head injuries

[allend]

Mar 17, 2015 9:35:41 GMT -6 The Commish Dude Abides said:

Heard something very interesting in reference to Borland's decision to retire this morning. An attorney caller to an ATL sports radio program said Borland's real motivation was information the NFL recently presented to all players showing that CTE is the product of recurrent violent trauma (sub-concussive events) and NOT concussions. Players cannot discuss these findings publicly because the NFL required them to sign a non-disclosure agreement. The caller said that is what prompted Borland's decision. Just a random caller, sure, but keep in mind that the ongoing federal court litigation against the NFL is in Atlanta. Also, the assertion has inherent plausibility because any such studies would also be consistent with the research being done at Boston University.

This is incredibly explosive, if true. Awareness about the link between CTE and playing football is already mainstream, prompting lots of parents to hold their kids out of football. The NFL is currently trying to sell a two-fold lie to the public to keep their supply chain of players: (a) that CTE is from concussions and (b) that correct form tackling will prevent concussions (and CTE).

When the results of the studies refuting this marketing campaign/lie become well known, the NFL is going to have a serious supply side problem for the continued existence of their sport. May take a decade or more but I think it's something they are genuinely concerned about, as was revealed in the PBS documentary (discussed above).

Then they asked him if he was involved in the case..."no"... Source of information?...click

Attorneys.

[allend]

Mar 17, 2015 18:03:25 GMT -6 allend said:

Mar 17, 2015 9:35:41 GMT -6 The Commish Dude Abides said:

Heard something very interesting in reference to Borland's decision to retire this morning. An attorney caller to an ATL sports radio program said Borland's real motivation was information the NFL recently presented to all players showing that CTE is the product of recurrent violent trauma (sub-concussive events) and NOT concussions. Players cannot discuss these findings publicly because the NFL required them to sign a non-disclosure agreement. The caller said that is what prompted Borland's decision. Just a random caller, sure, but keep in mind that the ongoing federal court litigation against the NFL is in Atlanta. Also, the assertion has inherent plausibility because any such studies would also be consistent with the research being done at Boston University.

This is incredibly explosive, if true. Awareness about the link between CTE and playing football is already mainstream, prompting lots of parents to hold their kids out of football. The NFL is currently trying to sell a two-fold lie to the public to keep their supply chain of players: (a) that CTE is from concussions and (b) that correct form tackling will prevent concussions (and CTE).

When the results of the studies refuting this marketing campaign/lie become well known, the NFL is going to have a serious supply side problem for the continued existence of their sport. May take a decade or more but I think it's something they are genuinely concerned about, as was revealed in the PBS documentary (discussed above).

Then they asked him if he was involved in the case..."no"... Source of information?...click

Attorneys.

I continue to suggest: go back to leather helmets with no face mask. Guarantee fewer collisions with headgear.

[The Commish Dude Abides]

Mar 17, 2015 18:03:25 GMT -6 allend said:

Mar 17, 2015 9:35:41 GMT -6 The Commish Dude Abides said:

Heard something very interesting in reference to Borland's decision to retire this morning. An attorney caller to an ATL sports radio program said Borland's real motivation was information the NFL recently presented to all players showing that CTE is the product of recurrent violent trauma (sub-concussive events) and NOT concussions. Players cannot discuss these findings publicly because the NFL required them to sign a non-disclosure agreement. The caller said that is what prompted Borland's decision. Just a random caller, sure, but keep in mind that the ongoing federal court litigation against the NFL is in Atlanta. Also, the assertion has inherent plausibility because any such studies would also be consistent with the research being done at Boston University.

This is incredibly explosive, if true. Awareness about the link between CTE and playing football is already mainstream, prompting lots of parents to hold their kids out of football. The NFL is currently trying to sell a two-fold lie to the public to keep their supply chain of players: (a) that CTE is from concussions and (b) that correct form tackling will prevent concussions (and CTE).

When the results of the studies refuting this marketing campaign/lie become well known, the NFL is going to have a serious supply side problem for the continued existence of their sport. May take a decade or more but I think it's something they are genuinely concerned about, as was revealed in the PBS documentary (discussed above).

Then they asked him if he was involved in the case..."no"... Source of information?...click

Attorneys.

Your listening abilities are suspect. He said he wasn't involved in the case. They didn't ask him the source. My suspicion is he's either involved or affiliated with the attorneys involved.

But, whatever. As I said before this kind of information is nothing new. Boston University is on the vanguard of all this and has made these findings already. The bombshell part would be the NFL accepting it. They've been adamantly opposing and trying to refute it for over a decade.

[allend]

You may be right. Maybe he clicked as they were mentioning sources. Whatever...it's an attorney making a phone call acting like he knows stuff,...a leak... Only to them disappear before anyone asks any questions.

Probably a politician too.

[artvandelay NP]

make up your mind! should I be scared of global warmin or concussions?!

[steve]

Better to just get a concussion to take your mind off of global warming.

[bb4au]

Speaking of head injuries, Mike was doing some work for his dad & had a heavy kitchen light frame dropped on his head Monday evening. He is dizzy this morning & "pulling to the left". I'm making him call his doctor as soon as they open. It may just be allergies starting early but I want his head checked. Prayers that his hard head is actually fine will be appreciated!

[CHB]

Mar 18, 2015 6:39:33 GMT -6 bb4au said:

Speaking of head injuries, Mike was doing some work for his dad & had a heavy kitchen light frame dropped on his head Monday evening. He is dizzy this morning & "pulling to the left". I'm making him call his doctor as soon as they open. It may just be allergies starting early but I want his head checked. Prayers that his hard head is actually fine will be appreciated!

Translation: Mike didn't listen to me and I now feel really badly I hit him with the frying pan.



Joking aside I hope he is fine. Allergies are kicking in so hopefully he is just stopped up. A couple of months ago I had a sinus infection and I got dizzy and pulled to the left. Weird.

[bb4au]

Ha! I always go test out the mallets in Harbor Freight & tell Mike which one I'm going to use on him. No frying pan for me!
Hoping it is just his allergies. It is that time of year again.

[The Commish Dude Abides]

[multipurposepaper]

I love college football, it's the only sport I watch with any level of interest beyond passing. But I must admit to feeling like I need to rationalize my interest in the game the more information comes out about the sport's long-term neurological effects. Thank goodness I have a daughter because I don't know how I would justify to my son being such a big fan of a sport I wouldn't let him play.

[The Commish Dude Abides]

They can love movies even though they've never aspired to act, right?

Norm loves Broadway musicals but no one's ever letting him on stage.

So it is with children and football.

[ehyou]

www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sports/concussion-watch/new-87-deceased-nfl-players-test-positive-for-brain-disease/

[The Commish Dude Abides]

Great article about Will Smith's conflicted feelings about the Concussion script and his own love for the game, which he and his son enjoyed so much together: 'Concussion' Truths Forced Will Smith to Confront Feelings for Football, NFL

The facts about subconcussive blows—minor hits, not concussions—and how they generate chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) rocked his football world. Suddenly, there was an undeniable sense of dread.

"I didn't want it to be true," he said.

What didn't Smith want to be true? That the character he plays, Dr. Bennet Omalu, had discovered a deadly brain disease that might be an inherent part of playing football? The sport he loved, Smith thought, might be far more dangerous than he ever knew. Than anyone ever knew.

Here's the GQ article about Omalu referenced in the article above:

Bennet Omalu, Concussions, and the NFL: How One Doctor Changed Football Forever

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I believe football, as we know it, will not exist in 2025.