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05-02-2012, 02:48 PM
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| | the.oci.vol@gmail.com
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| Concussions and the Future of College Football
With Junior Seau committing suicide, I thought I'd share some thoughts on the future of college football.
If you like football, you better enjoy it while it lasts because it's not going to be around in 20 years. With players getting bigger, faster, and stronger, the concussions will only increase. In addition, you are seeing a number of former NFL players commit suicide, and the studies on their brains are going to be devastating news to the NFL. The NFL, however, will survive longer than college football because the NFL will be able to get its players to sign assumption of risk and liability waivers in every contract. Because the NFL players are get paid, the law deems this sufficient consideration for the enforcement of the contract. Colleges, however, will not be able to require student-athletes to enter these contracts. All it's going to take is one former college football player to commit suicide or have other mental/physical disabilities related to concussions incurred during playing college football, and the player or his estate filing a lawsuit against the university. It's not really a question of if, but when the player or his estate prevails on the lawsuit, an insurance company will be forced to pay a substantial judgment for its insured university. As a result, insurance companies will refuse to insure universities against such claims and universities will begin pulling their football programs. | 
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05-02-2012, 02:51 PM
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| | Hurd That!
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| I agree, to an extent.
R.I.P, Junior Seau. I'm shocked.
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05-02-2012, 02:54 PM
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| So if college football goes away where will the NFL get their players? Not happening.
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05-02-2012, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by AG4VOLS  So if college football goes away where will the NFL get their players? Not happening. | College football will be the first domino to fall between the NFL and college football. I wouldn't be surprised if some high schools are the first to shut down their football programs. | |
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05-02-2012, 03:00 PM
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| Well we better win another title before then.
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05-02-2012, 03:01 PM
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| I think you are reaching here. There may be changes in equipment, rules, etc in the future but I can't see your scenario playing out. | |
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05-02-2012, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by thebjd I think you are reaching here. There may be changes in equipment, rules, etc in the future but I can't see your scenario playing out. |
you haven't seen the upcoming, billion dollar, litigations that are in the near future | |
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05-02-2012, 03:05 PM
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| Too much tradition. More safety standards will be introduced and new rules for sure. Don't see football going away. Many former athletes suffer from concussions and don't commit suicide. What would be next, cage fighting, boxing, Nascar, etc. Boxing has had issues with concussions as well and it's still going.
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05-02-2012, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by thebjd I think you are reaching here. There may be changes in equipment, rules, etc in the future but I can't see your scenario playing out. | I see major changes down the road. However, the only way that football ceases to exist is if those changes destroy its popularity. | |
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05-02-2012, 03:09 PM
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| I would be surprised to see football go away all together, but I can really see where things will be different from the game we know today.
I know the article on Yahoo says that JS shot himself in the chest so that his brain could be examed, but unless he left a note no one really knows why chose to end his life. I haven't read much on the issues the concussions(sp) have been causing. Is depression one of the symptoms?
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05-02-2012, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Orangesmokey I would be surprised to see football go away all together, but I can really see where things will be different from the game we know today. | 
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05-02-2012, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Orangesmokey I would be surprised to see football go away all together, but I can really see where things will be different from the game we know today. | Flag Football? 
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05-02-2012, 03:13 PM
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| An enterprising entrepenuer will invent a helmet to lessen or prevent concussions.
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05-02-2012, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by BigOrangeD Flag Football? | Unfortante possibility!! | |
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05-02-2012, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by volfanecs An enterprising entrepenuer will invent a helmet to lessen or prevent concussions. | You would think with all the technology we have now that someone would have already been there or gotten close to something. I know the new helmets they have are supposed to be better but I don't know that its helping that much. | |
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