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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle

And do you think most new professionals are adequately informed about the consequences posed by depressions and stress? I can guarantee you they are not. In fact, its frequently joked about internally, as i'm sure injuries are in an NHL locker room as well. Just because you aren't adequately briefed about something in someone else's opinion, doesn't mean that it isn't common knowledge that a risk exists. Saying professional athletes who play a contact sport aren't aware that there may be physical dangers and consequences is rather ridiculous. They may be aware about CTE specifically, but they damn well know they are putting themselves at risk of long term injury.

Your response is basically an equivocation fallacy.

You are effectively claiming that the following two statements are the same:

"NHL players are adequately informed about the consequences posed by injuries, and it is common knowledge that their profession puts them at risk for sustaining long term injuries."

"NHL players are adequately informed about the consequences posed by CTE. It is common knowledge among hockey players that fighting will dramatically increase their risk to sustain progressive decline in memory and cognition, and is likely to result in depression, suicidal behavior, poor impulse control, aggressiveness, parkinsonism, and, eventually, dementia. All players know that with repeated, chronic head trauma, they are likely to develop lesions on the brain that impair and kill enormous numbers of brain cells which dramatically affect emotions and memory, eventually deforming the brain, making it brittle, and shrinking it by half its size."