More bad news on headers

[Anonymous]

Landmark study finished in England and shows a significant increase in dementia for professional players.

“The analysis found that there was a five-fold increase in the risk of Alzheimer's, a four-fold increase in Motor Neurone disease and a two-fold increase in Parkinson's. The research also found former footballers were almost five times more likely to have been prescribed dementia drugs”

This is the study commissioned a couple years ago by the players association PFA and the English FA following public pressure after some famous footballers were suffering from the effects.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/10/21/footballers-five-times-likely-suffer-alzheimers-disease-landmark/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Landmark study finished in England and shows a significant increase in dementia for professional players.

“The analysis found that there was a five-fold increase in the risk of Alzheimer's, a four-fold increase in Motor Neurone disease and a two-fold increase in Parkinson's. The research also found former footballers were almost five times more likely to have been prescribed dementia drugs”

This is the study commissioned a couple years ago by the players association PFA and the English FA following public pressure after some famous footballers were suffering from the effects.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/10/21/footballers-five-times-likely-suffer-alzheimers-disease-landmark/

It’s clearly affected the brains of people on this forum.

Perhaps we should ban soccer as a whole in this area, which would prevent concussions, dementia, and the cesspool of garbage it has become here.

[Anonymous]

Between this and the tire crumbs it’s a good time for all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landmark study finished in England and shows a significant increase in dementia for professional players.

“The analysis found that there was a five-fold increase in the risk of Alzheimer's, a four-fold increase in Motor Neurone disease and a two-fold increase in Parkinson's. The research also found former footballers were almost five times more likely to have been prescribed dementia drugs”

This is the study commissioned a couple years ago by the players association PFA and the English FA following public pressure after some famous footballers were suffering from the effects.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/10/21/footballers-five-times-likely-suffer-alzheimers-disease-landmark/

It’s clearly affected the brains of people on this forum.

Perhaps we should ban soccer as a whole in this area, which would prevent concussions, dementia, and the cesspool of garbage it has become here.

Well said. People who have issues with headers can keep their kids out of the sport.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landmark study finished in England and shows a significant increase in dementia for professional players.

“The analysis found that there was a five-fold increase in the risk of Alzheimer's, a four-fold increase in Motor Neurone disease and a two-fold increase in Parkinson's. The research also found former footballers were almost five times more likely to have been prescribed dementia drugs”

This is the study commissioned a couple years ago by the players association PFA and the English FA following public pressure after some famous footballers were suffering from the effects.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/10/21/footballers-five-times-likely-suffer-alzheimers-disease-landmark/

It’s clearly affected the brains of people on this forum.

Perhaps we should ban soccer as a whole in this area, which would prevent concussions, dementia, and the cesspool of garbage it has become here.

Well said. People who have issues with headers can keep their kids out of the sport.

Yep, sign them up for American football.

[Anonymous]

I don't think most American kids are going to reach the threshold for head damage. They are not heading balls at FIFA level pro-velocity, playing ANYWHERE near the number of games a FIFA player will play in their lifetime---or training sessions either. They aren't playing at the speed or impact of these players.

I feel relatively safe with my boys in soccer. There is risk in everything and it is an acceptable risk. My kids are 14 and 12 and the heading is minimal for now.

My son has a teammate who has had multiple concussions---now that is crazy. I would have pulled my kid and put him in track/cross country because damage upon damage....I think this kid is up to 4-5. That's pretty f'd up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landmark study finished in England and shows a significant increase in dementia for professional players.

“The analysis found that there was a five-fold increase in the risk of Alzheimer's, a four-fold increase in Motor Neurone disease and a two-fold increase in Parkinson's. The research also found former footballers were almost five times more likely to have been prescribed dementia drugs”

This is the study commissioned a couple years ago by the players association PFA and the English FA following public pressure after some famous footballers were suffering from the effects.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/10/21/footballers-five-times-likely-suffer-alzheimers-disease-landmark/

It’s clearly affected the brains of people on this forum.

Perhaps we should ban soccer as a whole in this area, which would prevent concussions, dementia, and the cesspool of garbage it has become here.

Well said. People who have issues with headers can keep their kids out of the sport.

This is the mentality of true simpletons.

No sport should come at the cost of a long term injury. None. And no sport should do nothing when the evidence is mounting of an injury risk from a relatively minor part of the game.

If there is a risk, it should be reduced. Every sport takes measures to reduce injury risks and have for decades. Teddy Roosevelt helped save American Football by rule changes designed to reduce the risks over 100 years ago. The NFL, NHL, NASCAR, MLB all make changes to reduce the risks nearly every single year.

If the rules of soccer were written today, there would be no headers.

Deal with it. Headers are going to be out of this sport in the next decade or two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landmark study finished in England and shows a significant increase in dementia for professional players.

“The analysis found that there was a five-fold increase in the risk of Alzheimer's, a four-fold increase in Motor Neurone disease and a two-fold increase in Parkinson's. The research also found former footballers were almost five times more likely to have been prescribed dementia drugs”

This is the study commissioned a couple years ago by the players association PFA and the English FA following public pressure after some famous footballers were suffering from the effects.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/10/21/footballers-five-times-likely-suffer-alzheimers-disease-landmark/

It’s clearly affected the brains of people on this forum.

Perhaps we should ban soccer as a whole in this area, which would prevent concussions, dementia, and the cesspool of garbage it has become here.

Well said. People who have issues with headers can keep their kids out of the sport.

This is the mentality of true simpletons.

No sport should come at the cost of a long term injury. None. And no sport should do nothing when the evidence is mounting of an injury risk from a relatively minor part of the game.

If there is a risk, it should be reduced. Every sport takes measures to reduce injury risks and have for decades. Teddy Roosevelt helped save American Football by rule changes designed to reduce the risks over 100 years ago. The NFL, NHL, NASCAR, MLB all make changes to reduce the risks nearly every single year.

If the rules of soccer were written today, there would be no headers.

Deal with it. Headers are going to be out of this sport in the next decade or two.

Not sure that you can say the sport has done nothing. They banned heading up until U12 in the US. I don't think you'll ever see heading removed from the sport. Just like you'll never see checking removed from hockey (USA hockey changed the age at which checking starts several years ago by 3 years) or tackling removed from football.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landmark study finished in England and shows a significant increase in dementia for professional players.

“The analysis found that there was a five-fold increase in the risk of Alzheimer's, a four-fold increase in Motor Neurone disease and a two-fold increase in Parkinson's. The research also found former footballers were almost five times more likely to have been prescribed dementia drugs”

This is the study commissioned a couple years ago by the players association PFA and the English FA following public pressure after some famous footballers were suffering from the effects.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/10/21/footballers-five-times-likely-suffer-alzheimers-disease-landmark/

It’s clearly affected the brains of people on this forum.

Perhaps we should ban soccer as a whole in this area, which would prevent concussions, dementia, and the cesspool of garbage it has become here.

Well said. People who have issues with headers can keep their kids out of the sport.

This is the mentality of true simpletons.

No sport should come at the cost of a long term injury. None. And no sport should do nothing when the evidence is mounting of an injury risk from a relatively minor part of the game.

If there is a risk, it should be reduced. Every sport takes measures to reduce injury risks and have for decades. Teddy Roosevelt helped save American Football by rule changes designed to reduce the risks over 100 years ago. The NFL, NHL, NASCAR, MLB all make changes to reduce the risks nearly every single year.

If the rules of soccer were written today, there would be no headers.

Deal with it. Headers are going to be out of this sport in the next decade or two.

Ok chicken little. I appreciate your crusade to save us simpletons from ourselves. But even daily activities carry a risk of long term injury. Where do you draw the line? Are you going to eliminate the fastball from baseball too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think most American kids are going to reach the threshold for head damage. They are not heading balls at FIFA level pro-velocity, playing ANYWHERE near the number of games a FIFA player will play in their lifetime---or training sessions either. They aren't playing at the speed or impact of these players.

I feel relatively safe with my boys in soccer. There is risk in everything and it is an acceptable risk. My kids are 14 and 12 and the heading is minimal for now.

My son has a teammate who has had multiple concussions---now that is crazy. I would have pulled my kid and put him in track/cross country because damage upon damage....I think this kid is up to 4-5. That's pretty f'd up.

+1

[Anonymous]

Thank god my kid's coach sucks and keeps my kid on the bench.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landmark study finished in England and shows a significant increase in dementia for professional players.

“The analysis found that there was a five-fold increase in the risk of Alzheimer's, a four-fold increase in Motor Neurone disease and a two-fold increase in Parkinson's. The research also found former footballers were almost five times more likely to have been prescribed dementia drugs”

This is the study commissioned a couple years ago by the players association PFA and the English FA following public pressure after some famous footballers were suffering from the effects.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/10/21/footballers-five-times-likely-suffer-alzheimers-disease-landmark/

It’s clearly affected the brains of people on this forum.

Perhaps we should ban soccer as a whole in this area, which would prevent concussions, dementia, and the cesspool of garbage it has become here.

Well said. People who have issues with headers can keep their kids out of the sport.

This is the mentality of true simpletons.

No sport should come at the cost of a long term injury. None. And no sport should do nothing when the evidence is mounting of an injury risk from a relatively minor part of the game.

If there is a risk, it should be reduced. Every sport takes measures to reduce injury risks and have for decades. Teddy Roosevelt helped save American Football by rule changes designed to reduce the risks over 100 years ago. The NFL, NHL, NASCAR, MLB all make changes to reduce the risks nearly every single year.

If the rules of soccer were written today, there would be no headers.

Deal with it. Headers are going to be out of this sport in the next decade or two.

Ok chicken little. I appreciate your crusade to save us simpletons from ourselves. But even daily activities carry a risk of long term injury. Where do you draw the line? Are you going to eliminate the fastball from baseball too?

Exactly. Working night shift increases dementia risks. Can someone crusade on that for me?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank god my kid's coach sucks and keeps my kid on the bench.

This is great! : )

[Anonymous]

Simple law change...heading is only allowed in the penalty box.
Gets rid of a large percentage of headers, but doesn't fundamentally change the game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Simple law change...heading is only allowed in the penalty box.
Gets rid of a large percentage of headers, but doesn't fundamentally change the game.

Simple sport change. Take up track or tennis.