NHL up next on that CTE Summer Jam Screen

[concise]

Anybody it surprises I have to question how they put pants on and feed themselves without assistance....

The damage found has shocked world class doctors and neuroscientists, but I'm sure you're smarter than them and knew better than them all along.

 

[010101]

You have to be a certain height to even be eligible for the NBA. It's an unrealistic goal for most athletes.

plenty of money in professions adjacent & complementary to hoops

we got the court on lock go put the offices & boardrooms on smash if you can't cut it on the squad

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[BXKingPin82]

muthafukkas getting CTE living regular folk lives and shyt??????!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUK!!!!!!!!????

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

Carcillo was a dirty rat scumbag that played like a reckless crash test dummy that endangered everyone on the ice.







look at this psycho people aren't going to feel sorry for guys like this. They don't feel sorry for Eric Lindros and he was a million times a better hockey player. But he was a dirty player too. In hockey it's expected when you do dangerous shyt that you'll get payback, don't be mad when it happens to you

The information surrounding head injuries has evolved so much. Not just for sports, but for everyone. People don't even have to get hit in the head to suffer a head injury. The league has changed some rules to make certain hits illegal, and is much better when it comes to suspending guys. The league post lockout (after 04) when the rule changes opened the game up, and guys were flying around taking heads off. Players being taken off on stretchers way too often, and players not being suspended properly for dirty hits.

Culturally, the sport is safer than ever. This coincides with more information came out for everyone. Players aren't running around trying to cave heads in anymore (they actually have respect for eachother ), fighting is down, etc. Dirty rats like Carcillo, and the fighting goons don't even have jobs in the NHL anymore. The game is still physical but not nearly as violent.

There are still dinosaurs in the game. It's hard to tell though because hockey has a "tough guy culture" culture players want to stay on the ice and continue to play. It's glorified by everyone (media, players, managers, fans, etc.). Player discipline was definitely bad in years past. A lot of "hockey people" are stuck in the stone ages, this attitude is a problem in many sports but when it comes to concussions it's obviously a bigger issue.

The criticism is that the NHL doesn't admit it? Part of that has to do with the lawsuit I'm assuming. And the other part is not wanting to remove hitting from the game. Eliminating all headshots (head hits that are deemed intentional are already supposed to be banned AFAIK) won't solve the problem. Once they admit the link, I guess they are forced to make these changes? It opens up a can of worms. Hockey is a really fast game with a lot of moving parts, incidental head contact is unavoidable IMO. The issue is a lot more complicated in hockey than it is in football with a lot less money (and scrutiny which also slows change).

Watching Scott Stevens "highlights" nowadays are sickening.

dude ended people's careers and did damage to their brains. Purposely head hunted to hurt people.