Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy [CTE]

[Diomedes]

Agreed.  Henceforth, any person who allows their child to play football, or who, being of age, chooses to play football, ought to be either ineligible to sue for brain injuries and the like, or ought to have good lawyers who can make sure that whatever contract is signed makes crystal clear exactly what benefits will be owed the player, for how long, etc.

But we all know that's not gonna happen.  Ignorant people are going to say they had no idea it was dangerous and crafty lawyers in service to billionairs will draw up contracts that provide for precious little support after the fact.

Nuke the world.

[ice grillin you]

its still on the nfl to properly protect the players.....and thats always been the problem until very recently....

and what modern day players are complaining?....if anything they all complain that goodell is taking hitting out of the game

[ice grillin you]

sadly this does not look like it will end well

http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/football/report-john-abraham-has-severe-memory-loss/nhKTF/

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://deadspin.com/concussed-cardinals-safety-couldnt-remember-game-he-jus-1653120445?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

[Diomedes]

I swear to you, this CTE is the end of the NFL as we know it.  Year after year fewer and fewer kids will be allowed to play the game at all, and the talent will slowly shift to other sports, and eventually so will the fans.

[MDS]

no it wont, drama queen

[Diomedes]

I guarantee it.

[General_Failure]

As long as Texas high schools keep playing, we'll have an NFL.

[MDS]

I guarantee it.

you dont even like sports or follow it

trust me, football isnt going anywhere or in any danger of falling apart. rich white people might not let their kids play it. and of course rich white people make up such a large percentage of the league.

[Diomedes]

When you got people like Ed Reed saying he won't let his kids play it, you have a much bigger problem than middle class white moms. 

Boxing was once the national pasttime and it didn't die out because the managers are all shady.  It died because the talent went away, and the talent went away because the antions taste for punching people in the face was lost, and fwer kids became boxers, etc.

[General_Failure]

Also that whole MMA thing.

[MDS]

When you got people like Ed Reed saying he won't let his kids play it, you have a much bigger problem than middle class white moms. 

Boxing was once the national pasttime and it didn't die out because the managers are all shady.  It died because the talent went away, and the talent went away because the antions taste for punching people in the face was lost, and fwer kids became boxers, etc.

no

it went away because all the big fights are on ppv and watched by a fraction of the audience than before

again you dont like sports please stop talking about it

[Diomedes]

Which will never be bigger than it is now, either.  There will always be a market for brutality, but when it becomes widely known that great numbers of people who engage in a certain activity become farging retards, even the retards tell their kids "you can play basketball instead, JaQuan."

[Diomedes]

it went away because all the big fights are on ppv and watched by a fraction of the audience than before

again you dont like sports please stop talking about it

If the audience were there, PPV couldn't compete with the money advetizers pay on regular teevee.  Come on, Todd.  This is basic shtein.

You're right though, I hate jocks and their fans, deeply.  Worst examples of American society, basically.

[MDS]

boxing isnt a league....its the wild wild west

each fighter sets his own deals. mayweather makes more money off of ppv than he would if he sold his fight to espn. please stop talking about sports!

ive seen estimations where a mayweather-pacman fight would get 20-30 million if it was espn or nbc or something. id actually go higher than that. please stop talking about sports!