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as Frank Gifford's family reveals that he likely suffered from CTE, doctors take the first steps to call for banning h.s. football -- (link)

Posted by sweet baboo (aka chris) Nov 25 '15, 13:52

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/11/25/frank_gifford_had_cte_doctors_call_for_end_of_high_school_football.html (www.slate.com)

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good on him and the family. - b. Nov 25, 14:03 13
- no sport is 100% safe, obviously, but football is the next boxing in terms of being demonstrably unsafe for the brain even when played as intended - sweet baboo Nov 25, 14:05 12
  - I've said I wouldn't actually be opposed to it, just commenting knowing it's unlikely that banning will actually happen anytime soon, if ever. -- nm - b. Nov 25, 14:09 11
    - Will Smith's film about CTE due out next month should change how some people look at Football -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 25, 14:47 5
      - except sony reportedly softened the script and marketing to make the nfl look better. -- nm - b. Nov 25, 15:05 4
        
        bastards :( -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 25, 15:09 3
        
        wimps. I've read they've made it be more of a whistle-blower focus instead of - b. Nov 25, 15:19 2
        
        here's a nyt story from september about this. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 25, 15:20 1
        
        I knew in advance I would probably know more from what I saw on 60 minutes, than Sony, after all, as people say: the NFL owns 1 day of the week :( (( -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 25, 15:28
    - oh, wait till the tort lawyers get involved - sweet baboo Nov 25, 14:10 4
      - Yeah, I think this may move quite quickly once the flames get fanned just a bit. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 25, 14:47
      - there already have been complaints. why hasn't anything much been done so far? -- nm - b. Nov 25, 14:14 2
        
        we'll see. this is the only class action (which are usually the big movers of behavior) at the high school level that has been dismissed, last Oct. -- (link) - sweet baboo Nov 25, 14:19 1
        
        thanks - oh yah, I read about a few weeks ago. I wondered if there had been other action. -- nm - b. Nov 25, 14:24

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