Intentional Concussions Considered Harmful?

RichardMaurer

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Nov 21, 2009, 8:33:55 PM11/21/09

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There were some articles recently about the bad effects
of concussions in men who played American football in
their early years. Later, in their 50s, waay too many
were damaged much like Muhammed Ali (the fighter) was.

One interesting comment was that most of the damaged
men did not experience the worst concussions seen on the
highlights films, but had damage as the result of hundreds
of lesser impacts.

So I wonder about the intentional concussions that
are expected in soccer. Has the damage been noticed?
How bad is it for former players now in their 50s
and 60s?

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Arcadian Rises

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Nov 21, 2009, 9:05:44 PM11/21/09

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On Nov 21, 8:33�pm, RichardMaurer <rcpb1_mau...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Intentional Concussions Considered Harmful?
>
> There were some articles recently about the bad effects
> of concussions in men who played American football in
> their early years. �Later, in their 50s, waay too many
> were damaged much like Muhammed Ali (the fighter) was.
>
> One interesting comment was that most of the damaged
> men did not experience the worst concussions seen on the
> highlights films, but had damage as the result of hundreds
> of lesser impacts.
>
> So I wonder about the intentional concussions that
> are expected in soccer. �Has the damage been noticed?
> How bad is it for former players now in their 50s
> and 60s?

Pele seems to be doing just fine:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9

Don Aitken

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Nov 21, 2009, 9:26:03 PM11/21/09

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On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:05:44 -0800 (PST), Arcadian Rises
<Arcadi...@aol.com> wrote:

>On Nov 21, 8:33?pm, RichardMaurer <rcpb1_mau...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Intentional Concussions Considered Harmful?
>>
>> There were some articles recently about the bad effects
>> of concussions in men who played American football in

>> their early years. ?Later, in their 50s, waay too many

>> were damaged much like Muhammed Ali (the fighter) was.
>>
>> One interesting comment was that most of the damaged
>> men did not experience the worst concussions seen on the
>> highlights films, but had damage as the result of hundreds
>> of lesser impacts.
>>
>> So I wonder about the intentional concussions that

>> are expected in soccer. ?Has the damage been noticed?

>> How bad is it for former players now in their 50s
>> and 60s?
>
>
>Pele seems to be doing just fine:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9

There was once some concern about this, but it was rather a long time
ago. Modern balls are only a fraction of the weight of the leather
balls used up to the 1950s.

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Django Cat

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Nov 22, 2009, 6:18:09 AM11/22/09

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Don Aitken wrote:

But, unlike in other football codes, heading the ball are a significant
part of the game in soccer, and there has been concern about the
effects of this on players' brains, especially for youngsters, and even
with the far lighter modern balls.

DC
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Django Cat

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Nov 22, 2009, 6:24:53 AM11/22/09

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Django Cat wrote:

> > There was once some concern about this, but it was rather a long
> > time ago. Modern balls are only a fraction of the weight of the
> > leather balls used up to the 1950s.
>
> But, unlike in other football codes, heading the ball are

"I'm sick as a parrot, Brian".

DC
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Ray O'Hara

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Nov 23, 2009, 2:21:16 PM11/23/09

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High Divers take a pounding to the head too.