Goodell wants to ruin the NFL...

[MJZiggy]

It just dawned on me: if this stuff happens boxing is done for. Ali's got trauma induced Parkinson's, Leonard almost went blind, and these guys take shots to a bare head constantly through their entire careers. The sport is nothing but one big head injury.

[pbmax]

It just dawned on me: if this stuff happens boxing is done for. Ali's got trauma induced Parkinson's, Leonard almost went blind, and these guys take shots to a bare head constantly through their entire careers. The sport is nothing but one big head injury.

True, but a punch is different than hit. the mass behind it is less and there are probably more ways to avoid contact. But the cumulative effect might be similar.

And wait until those MMA boys find out how many brain cells they are losing during a choke out. It will make Wrestling seem like a healthy alternative.

[MJZiggy]

I have to question the number of brain cells they had in the first place to want to do MMA...

[ThunderDan]

It just dawned on me: if this stuff happens boxing is done for. Ali's got trauma induced Parkinson's, Leonard almost went blind, and these guys take shots to a bare head constantly through their entire careers. The sport is nothing but one big head injury.

True, but a punch is different than hit. the mass behind it is less and there are probably more ways to avoid contact. But the cumulative effect might be similar.

And wait until those MMA boys find out how many brain cells they are losing during a choke out. It will make Wrestling seem like a healthy alternative.

Actually, there have been studies done on this. MMA is safer from a head trauma standpoint. The smaller gloves make it easier to knock someone out. Therefor they don't take as many headshots during a fight. In MMA it is rare for someone to take more than 3 or 4 "shots" to the head before they get knocked out. In a boxing match you can take 70 or more shots and still be able to fight for 45 minutes.

And before anyone says no way; I am only taking about head trauma from contact not choking, beating, smashing etc.....

[Patler]

Adults engage in many different professions and hobbies that are fraught with risks. Miners, loggers, commercial fishermen, steel workers, smoke jumpers, farmers, policemen, firemen, soldiers, boxers to name just a few. At least pro football players are well-compensated for the risks they take.

[Joemailman]

Adults engage in many different professions and hobbies that are fraught with risks. Miners, loggers, commercial fishermen, steel workers, smoke jumpers, farmers, policemen, firemen, soldiers, boxers to name just a few. At least pro football players are well-compensated for the risks they take.

You left out a few:

[red]

It just dawned on me: if this stuff happens boxing is done for. Ali's got trauma induced Parkinson's, Leonard almost went blind, and these guys take shots to a bare head constantly through their entire careers. The sport is nothing but one big head injury.

True, but a punch is different than hit. the mass behind it is less and there are probably more ways to avoid contact. But the cumulative effect might be similar.

And wait until those MMA boys find out how many brain cells they are losing during a choke out. It will make Wrestling seem like a healthy alternative.

Actually, there have been studies done on this. MMA is safer from a head trauma standpoint. The smaller gloves make it easier to knock someone out. Therefor they don't take as many headshots during a fight. In MMA it is rare for someone to take more than 3 or 4 "shots" to the head before they get knocked out. In a boxing match you can take 70 or more shots and still be able to fight for 45 minutes.

And before anyone says no way; I am only taking about head trauma from contact not choking, beating, smashing etc.....

i can buy that

a lot of brain injuries come from you brain crashing into the skull. for those that somehow don't know, the brain is floating, its not attached to the skull. so it can move around and crash into it

in boxing even a little jab, that sudden quick movement can cause the brain to smack the skull. having that happen 100+ times in 30 or 40 minutes is just suicide

ask the greatest of all time if he would do it all over again, knowing now that he would be a vegetable for the second half of his life

boxing is on its way out anyways, nobody cares about it. i'm a boxing fan, or was, and i couldn't name one champ in any weight class right now

[pbmax]

All businesses that engage in physical risk and the professionals among them have some sort of obligation to seek out, test and adopt new safety advances. Miners now have access to oxygen bottles and soldiers have access to body armor (I am not saying either is a panacea - but simply one solution to a number of possible risks). The professional organizations for each group, the businesses themselves and the government all have a hand in advocating and adopting policies and procedures to raise the standards of safety.

I think football has a similar obligation.

And just as certainly as you cannot change the reality that men and machines must be underground to work a mine (outside of a strip mine, that is), there will always danger in a collision sport such as football. And the fact that too many changes might cause the public to lose interest.