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<blockquote data-quote="Skeptic" data-source="post: 671101" data-attributes="member: 2175"><p>Nowadays they call it rugby. </p><p></p><p>But seriously, folks, keep in mind that the brain continues to move when the body abruptly stops, and it bangs against the skull. (I hate to get technical here, but ...) The point is that serious concussions have occurred when with a hard tackle to the torso , generally but not always head-on, stops a runner cold but the head snaps forward momentarily. I know of one situation when parents had a helmet constructed for their son so he could continue to play after a serious concussion -- I know, and I agree, it was stupid of them, incredibly so, but it is what happens when one lives their lives their through children -- yet the boy was tackled at the waist and almost killed with a concussion. </p><p></p><p>The fact is football is a dangerous sport. Our love of it is hard to reconcile but there it is. But I agree: take away all the protection and it would be a safer sport.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Skeptic, post: 671101, member: 2175"] Nowadays they call it rugby. But seriously, folks, keep in mind that the brain continues to move when the body abruptly stops, and it bangs against the skull. (I hate to get technical here, but ...) The point is that serious concussions have occurred when with a hard tackle to the torso , generally but not always head-on, stops a runner cold but the head snaps forward momentarily. I know of one situation when parents had a helmet constructed for their son so he could continue to play after a serious concussion -- I know, and I agree, it was stupid of them, incredibly so, but it is what happens when one lives their lives their through children -- yet the boy was tackled at the waist and almost killed with a concussion. The fact is football is a dangerous sport. Our love of it is hard to reconcile but there it is. But I agree: take away all the protection and it would be a safer sport. [/QUOTE]
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