Legal action against Football’s governing bodies

[denislawsbackheel]

They ‘re too brain dead to know what’s happening.
There is loads of well established research to show how damaging boxing is to the brain.

‘Boxing is a mess’: the darkness and damage of brain trauma in the ring

Boxing must address the damage done in the ring and a new book by Tris Dixon lays out what’s left after the final bell rings

www.theguardian.com

 

[Stoned Rose]

They ‘re too brain dead to know what’s happening.
There is loads of well established research to show how damaging boxing is to the brain.

‘Boxing is a mess’: the darkness and damage of brain trauma in the ring

Boxing must address the damage done in the ring and a new book by Tris Dixon lays out what’s left after the final bell rings

www.theguardian.com

Boxing will be replaced by they/thems hitting each other with handbags and feather boas within 20 years.

Mark my words.

 

[Stoned Rose]

BBC Football page :
“The family of the late Joe Kinnear and four Premier League-era players are among a number of claimants taking legal action against football’s governing bodies over brain injuries allegedly suffered during their careers.”

Interesting, are the families entitled to compensation?
Are ex-players entitled to compensation?
Can they prove heading a football was the reason they have brain injuries?
Footballs today are much more lighter than they were back in the day

What are your thoughts?

What about the players who’ve got a long term injury or long term niggle due to a crunching tackle or years of physical contact?

It’s a contact sport, heading is part of that. You sign up to it knowing the possible consequences.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Lift those knuckles off the floor fella…

 

[ChicagoBlue]

What about the players who’ve got a long term injury or long term niggle due to a crunching tackle or years of physical contact?

It’s a contact sport, heading is part of that. You sign up to it knowing the possible consequences.

Today, that might be the case, but for the last 140 years that’s definitely not true.

These older players who suffer with traumatic brain injury all played years ago and knew nothing of the sort.

 

[domalino]

The evidence I heard about recently suggests the modern balls are just as dangerous due to the velocity they fly around at

The whole “old balls” thing has been proven to be a myth.

The weight of a football has been fixed since 1872. The ball you see Haaland kick weighs the same as the one Dixie Dean used to kick.

Normally people say that old footballs used to suck up water and moisture and become heavier, but all sorts of tests have disproved that as myth - holding balls submerged for day and then weighing them, weighing balls before and after matches etc.

This one from 20 years ago - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4123437.stm

You can soak an old leather ball underwater and it will only be 2/3 grams heavier than a modern one.

The heavy feeling of the old balls was probably more due to cold weather lowering air pressure and making it underinflated, or just air leaking out over the match.

 

[domalino]

It’s a contact sport, heading is part of that. You sign up to it knowing the possible consequences.

The problem comes when the governing bodies know the consequences but the players are kept in the dark. Thats the big problem Rugby and NFL have got. In the NFL they actively covered it up, and in Rugby they told Barry ODriscoll to research the damage and ways to stop CTE in rugby, but when he came back with suggestions they deemed too severe, they ignored everything he said and just lowered legal tackling height.

 

[Vienna_70]

I have always wondered if this is mainly due to players back in the day heading a heavier ball, it's hard not to believe that it would cause some damage to some footballers.

Mrs Vienna said that, as soon as this became known.

Those leather balls were like a ton weight, when they were sodden wet.

 

[deano ou812]

Did Alan Shearer not do something on this for the BBC not the families or footballers but about heading the ball and dementia was it ..

 

[deano ou812]

Mrs Vienna said that, as soon as this became known.

Those leather balls were like a ton weight, when they were sodden wet.

Exactly not far off heading something like a bloody medicine ball ..