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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]19:04, that's impressive about your brother. Just a concern that I have-- elite soccer leagues allow headers. I would think that over time the repeated forward-momentum contact with the ball would cause CTE too. Any insight?[/quote] I'd love to see research done on this, however soccer players probably do headers once or twice per game, football players take hits to the head sometimes dozens of times in a game, and then in practice too. It's certainly worth research, but I don't think it will be as prevalent in soccer as it is in football. As for playing football, my uncle (who is a nuclear medicine doctor - PET/CAT scans) has said that kids can play football until they turn 10. He says before 10 the kids don't hit much, but at 10 they start to really understand the game and start hitting. My son will never play (thankfully he hasn't expressed any interest), he's way too smart to risk it, and he's not a real competitor. [/quote]
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