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Of course there is a direct relation between CTE and football:

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/how-football-raises-risk-chronic-traumatic-encephalopathy

You forgot the other sport that has a direction relation - soccer.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37403989/

They are not even close to being the same risk/exposure to adverse long term brain health/CTE.

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Of course there is a direct relation between CTE and football:

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/how-football-raises-risk-chronic-traumatic-encephalopathy

You forgot the other sport that has a direction relation - soccer.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37403989/

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The whole enterprise leverages historical racist plantation construct and is, in and of itself, systemically racist, exploitative, and most of all, detrimental to the long term health and brain health to mostly minorities who play.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/league-ofGaslight.

ff the NFL

Whereas blacks comprise roughly 13% of the population in the USA overall, they make up 70% of the NFL.

If we look at the makeup of positions, Center and QB are really the only positions that are more "white" as a percentage.

https://theundefeated.com/features/the-nfls-racial-divide/

There are now about one third of the teams with starting QBs who are black(up from 5 in 2017) but this still then begs the question of the imbalance of ownership, leadership and management vis-a-vis the player makeup.

So, even given the health repercussions of the game, one could possibly make an argument in its favor if the ownership, leadership and management looked even just a hint of what the player makeup looks like, since there is real danger and detriment to long-term health and brain health/function for those who step on the field. But it doesn't . Not even close:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nfl-racial-divide-one-chart-154059660.html

There is another aspect to this that I won't get into in detail but that is Government "promotion" of this morally corrupt enterprise through favorable tax code, tax incentives and other regulation and zoning.

Another related discussion/debate would be the big business of College Football and its exploitation of minorities vs. the risks of health and brain health as discussed above and how they(and indirectly state governments via tax dollars) subsidize the NFL.

I don't have a solution to propose. Personally, I think that the NFL/Football as it currently exists is dying. It's decline or evolution may be decades in the making but it will need to change drastically or become extinct. I think this is something that people should be aware of but I find in discussing it, most people really haven't given this much thought.

What say you, DCUM?




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Not many white families are willing to put their children through what's needed to go pro. Not just physically, but being passed on by the coaches and trainers along the way. White families see their children getting ahead through other means. They don't see them singing for their suppers anymore.

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Of course there is a direct relation between CTE and football:

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/how-football-raises-risk-chronic-traumatic-encephalopathy

Anonymous wrote:I agree that the NFL is gross for all kinds of reasons including that it promotes a culture of hard hitting tackle football that trickles down to middle school boys and is damaging brains with every hit, not just concussions. It's a gross sport that normalizes male violence (Travis Kelce attacking his 65 year old coach?!?!?) and is full of criminals to boot - domestic abusers and the whole gamut of disgusting entitled male behavior.

But dying? I don't think so. It's an insanely lucrative industry and seems to be getting more and more popular despite all the revelations about CTE.

Nothing in our national culture disheartens me more than the popularity of NFL. I feel so alienated from it, and sickened by it. I wish it would go away but I don't have any expectation that it ever will.

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I don't have a solution to propose. Personally, I think that the NFL/Football as it currently exists is dying. It's decline or evolution may be decades in the making but it will need to change drastically or become extinct. I think this is something that people should be aware of but I find in discussing it, most people really haven't given this much thought.

What say you, DCUM?

It does not appear to be dying. In fact, it appears to be absolutely dominating the sport the landscape in America. 93 out of 100, and that's not even including the college game

That is temporary... the "here and now".

The pipeline is drying up. Youth participation in tackle football is down overall over the past decade. The only region where it isn't in drastic decline, unsurprisingly, is the south.

There are only 2 states that saw an increase: Alabama and Mississippi.

Even Texas, a "football" state saw a decline in youth participation in tackle football over the past decade.

So while there are clearly people who still watch it, old habits die hard, it is clearly in decline... perhaps not a rapid decline but a decline nonetheless. There is just too much awareness about the CTE and the detriment to long-term brain health and more educated and informed people are not subjecting their sons to this. There will be a lag in poorer and southern states/areas but eventually they will understand the risk and will make more informed decisions.