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In response to "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" by sweet baboo

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

Posted by b. (aka starrynit) Nov 25 '15, 14:09

injuries, esp. brain and how it played out, are the primary reason I've actually eyes-on watched less football in recent years than ever before, by loads. once you know, you can't unknow.

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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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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

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