CTE Expert: Don't Let Kids Play Football

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Dr. Bennet Omalu...

The forensic pathologist who was the first to tie head trauma suffered by American football players to a neurological brain disorder says children should not be allowed to play high-impact sports until they are 18 years old and can make decisions about the risks for themselves.


http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14...-sports-age-18


For those of you with young boys, something to think about. I've read the research and while I love rugby and football, there's no way I'm letting my sons play full contact sports. Flag football, touch rugby, sure. Full contact, no way.




Here's Dr. Omalu's opinion piece in the NY Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/07/op...ball.html?_r=2

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Can't play football, automated cars because driving is to dangerous for people, cops can't shoot people for robbing banks.

Pussification is the new.. "The South"

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I'm with Dr. Omalu - no son of mine has ever been allowed to play football.

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Not being disrespectful at all and not really about what you posted but why do you never see a Indian guy in pro football ?

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Not being disrespectful at all and not really about what you posted but why do you never see a Indian guy in pro football ?

They are smart enough to know it isn't safe, lol.

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Maybe because they don't grow up with American football der

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Not being disrespectful at all and not really about what you posted but why do you never see a Indian guy in pro football ?

A couple of reasons:

1. Same reason why you don't see too many Japanese in pro football whereas you see lots of Samoans. We are pretty small on average. Most US pro sports require size. Indians have made it in sports where size is less important, or even a disadvantage, like gymnastics.

2. Football is an American sport and most Indians in the US are first generation immigrant families (i.e. the first generation of kids born here are not old enough to have kids of their own). So, the emphasis is overwhelmingly on academics to get ahead. In a couple of generations, would there be a 6'5" outlier in an Indian family who has the physical attributes to make it in pro sports, and whose parents are willing to let him give it a go, instead of steering him towards academics? Possibly.

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A couple of reasons:

1. Same reason why you don't see too many Japanese in pro football whereas you see lots of Samoans. We are pretty small on average. Most US pro sports require size. Indians have made it in sports where size is less important, or even a disadvantage, like gymnastics.

2. Football is an American sport and most Indians in the US are first generation immigrant families (i.e. the first generation of kids born here are not old enough to have kids of their own). So, the emphasis is overwhelmingly on academics to get ahead. In a couple of generations, would there be a 6'5" outlier in an Indian family who has the physical attributes to make it in pro sports, and whose parents are willing to let him give it a go, instead of steering him towards academics? Possibly.

An outlier, hahaha :thumb:

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Why is that funny?