This is what the fans wanted. people with bodies designed to weigh 190 to 250lbs with a 300lb+ musculature smashing into others just like that except the quarterbacks and running backs . These people know what they are getting into. I know you libs can't help it but please quit trying to save us from ourselves ........ On Apr 25, 2016 12:46 PM, "plainolamerican" <[email protected]> wrote:
> In this modern day, let’s face the truth and admit that it makes > absolutely no sense to play football. The downside is extremely high of > suffering a very serious injury, and the paltry upside is not even close to > making it worth the risk. > > The ongoing crisis in the National Football League (NFL) over concussions > and the brain damage that can lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy > (CTE) has helped to bring this issue to the fore. But c’mon, we all know > that football is hazardous. It’s obvious. We don’t need reams of scientific > proof to know that hitting ourselves over the head with a hammer is a bad > idea. > > The risk of playing football is not limited to only CTE. Although, let’s > be clear, CTE is pretty bad, especially when it results in suicide > <http://www.ajc.com/news/news/kosta-karageorge-cte-football-suicide/njJf9/>. > Can’t get much worse than that. But the analysis is not that if only a > small percentage of players develop CTE then it is perfectly fine to play > football. Um, no, not quite. > > Football involves innumerable collisions. It’s not just the big hits that > are the problem, but it’s all the hits. With every single collision, large > and small, the brain is internally bashed up against the inside of the > skull. It happens every time players contact each other, and every time > players fall to the ground. On every single play, most if not all of the > players on the field experience these large and small collisions. Over and > over again. Bashing the delicate brain. Every play. Every game. Every > practice. Week after week. Month after month. Year after year. This is > hardly healthy. In fact, there is another word for it: Plain old stupid. > > The evidence is mounting > <http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/02/03/146352079/many-hits-rather-than-a-big-one-pose-greatest-concussion-risk> > that > the accumulation of all these little impacts on the brain can result in > significant cognitive impairment that is permanent, including years later > in life. Depression, memory loss, dementia > <http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/dave-duerson-the-ferocious-life-and-tragic-death-of-a-super-bowl-star-20121002>, > cognitive dysfunction, learning disabilities, emotional disorders, > behavioral disorders, aggression, post-concussion syndrome > <http://www.npr.org/2014/01/31/269422083/sidelined-by-brain-injury-ex-nfl-player-copes-with-desperation>, > second-impact syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease, mood > changes, personality changes, neurological disorders, neurodegenerative > diseases and death. Doesn’t sound so great. > > Do we really need to wait around for definitive scientific studies to tell > us just how bad it is to bash our brains? And for what benefit? There is > very little upside to playing football, so the decision seems quite clear > that it is simply not worth taking the risk. > > It’s not just brain injuries, either. Playing football results in all > sorts of other kinds of injuries all over the body. Knees, shoulders, > ankles, hips, ruptured internal organs, the back, the spine, the neck. Many > of these injuries plague people for the rest of their lives. We all know > people who cannot participate with the rest of us, or with their own > children, in various activities all due to that old football injury from > high school. It’s hardly worth it. > > Our bodies are our temples. And our brains are our sacred altars. Modern > brain science is the next frontier and it is continually revealing the > astonishing intricacies of our brains. They form the essence of who we are. > Our brains are responsible for everything we experience as human beings. > What we see, what we smell, what we taste, our physical coordination, our > balance, our feelings, whether we are happy or sad, all of our emotions, > our fears, our pleasures, our joys, who we love, our intelligence, and > every single decision that we make. It is all determined in our magnificent > little brains. > > Our bodies and brains are our wondrous special gifts. But they are > extremely delicate. We must protect them, nurture them, and cherish them. > And in return they enable us to enjoy the richness of our adult lives for > many years. > > Why in the world would we put all of this at risk by playing football? It > simply makes no sense. The fact that our society so glorifies football and > thereby encourages its citizens to engage in this terribly harmful activity > is merely a remnant left over from our past before we fully appreciated the > importance of cherishing our bodies and our brains. > > And there is no such thing as making football safe. Let’s face it. The > whole notion is absurd, at best. At worst, it is a device shrewdly being > used by those who profit from football to attempt to instill a false sense > of safety. But it is ridiculous. Football is not safe. > > There is no helmet in the world that can make football safe. There is no > training on how to be slammed to the ground that can make football safe. > There is no “protocol” that can make football safe by removing players from > the game when they are so far off in outer space from brain impacts that > they cannot recall the current month, day, or opposing team. > > There is a reason that the commissioner of the NFL earns more than $40 > million per year > <http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/roger-goodell-made-more-44-million-last-wait-211537621--nfl.html>. > His job is to create the impression that football is awesome. > > But football is obviously not safe. Forceful collisions against other > people and against the ground are not healthy. Plain and simple. > > The biggest challenge to ending football as we know it is not based upon > simply presenting the facts. It is also not the massive financial > juggernauts behind the sport, although they will indeed be formidable. The > NFL does not care about our children or even its own players when it comes > to the greed of protecting its own precious profits. This was on full > display in the NFL’s concerted efforts > <http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/9745797/new-book-league-denial-says-nfl-used-resources-power-two-decades-deny-football-link-brain-damage> > for > decades to reportedly cover-up the extent of brain damage caused by playing > football. > > The biggest challenge is the culture in our society. Many people are rabid > football fans for reasons that they themselves do not even understand, and > they will not be able to imagine a world without football no matter the > facts under any circumstances. They will certainly rage against any change. > > Yet this football culture of ours is barbaric. Watching a football game is > like going to the Roman coliseum to watch the public spectacle of > gladiators fighting it out to the death. Future generations will look back > at us one day and marvel at how in such a modern age we remained so > shockingly primitive in this respect. Our football culture is cruel perhaps > mostly to young boys by instilling in them the message that the way to be > valued in this society is to play football. This, however, turns out to be > a very bad deal for them. But they do not realize this until it is far too > late. > > With a little effort, however, the culture can be changed. Football > players should not be glorified as heroes and the cool kids, but instead, > they should be regarded as idiots. After all, it is a profoundly stupid > decision to play football. > > And football players shouldn’t get the girl. Girls should realize that > guys who play football are prone to making very bad life decisions, and > also that these guys may well develop mental and physical impairments as > adults and not make for very good life companions. > > But most of all, we need legislation. We need to counteract the massive > machine that exists throughout our society that encourages children to > enter organized football. We would spare our young boys and their families > from agonizing over the decision of whether to play football. But mainly, > we would save millions of young boys from making bad decisions that they > would later regret. > > We need legislation that would prevent public funds from flowing to any > school that maintains a football program. This would apply to all schools, > including elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, and, yes, > colleges. No federal, state, or local funding of any kind. > > This would provide the little boost that schools clearly need to encourage > them to make the right decision of protecting the health and safety of our > children. > > This need not end football entirely. Only tackle or contact football would > be restricted. So schools would be free to modify their football programs > to create non-contact football games and continue to receive their public > funding. One option, for example, would be to adopt flag football where > instead of tackling the ball-carrier, defenders would pull off a little > flag attached to the ball-carrier by Velcro. And all blocking would be > conducted with outstretched arms and open palms. > > No tackling. No hitting. No brain damage. > > Without a feeder system in the schools, the NFL would likely be forced to > also give up tackle football and convert to a non-contact alternative like > flag football. > > All the magnificence of the game would be preserved. We would still > delight in the spectacular passes, the soaring mid-air catches, and the > artful dashes. Just without the unnecessary violence and the grievous > injuries. > > Of course, this proposal would encounter an enormous uproar of opposition. > The crowd hungers for the violent hits in the NFL, regardless of the fact > that the heavy consequence of this is to inflict serious injuries upon our > youth in middle schools, high schools, and colleges all across the nation. > Pretty amazing. > > So in order for this initiative to have any chance whatsoever at success, > we need to bring in the political big guns: Moms. > > Could you imagine if moms united and actually brought about the end of > tackle football in America? Whoa! That would be huge! It would be the > greatest achievement in modern-day history! It would be featured in every > text book until the end of time! > > And moms could really do it, too. They could form a group called Mothers > Against Head-Banging. The MAHB Squad. They could make this an issue in the > 2016 presidential election, and force every presidential candidate to take > a position on the issue. Moms could also form state and local chapters > around the country and make it an issue in every single election from state > governors, to town mayors, to school board officials. > > If the campaign became rocky, and if desperate times called for desperate > measures, moms have a secret weapon. They could launch a sex strike. All > across this nation, no more nooky for dads until the legislation is adopted. > > So it shouldn’t take more than, say, a season. > > Men and boys will never end tackle football on their own, and thus our > culture will continue to force millions of unwitting boys into harm’s way > to suffer life-long injuries before they are able to understand what they > are getting themselves into. > > C’mon moms, show us what you can do. > > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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