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Originally Posted by spuzzum
I agree with you that head trauma can be managed which is a really good thing and it doesn't change the game too drastically either. Changing the method and delivery of contact is even a good thing.
However, your example of being a father or participating in society goes quite overboard. By your logic, we might as well eliminate race car driving, rugby, Aussie rules football and it goes on and on. Sport is sport. Sure it can evolve and it's a good thing, but I don't think it's a good idea to eliminate contact in one fell swoop.
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All the fans of all those sports are literally having this *exact same* conversation.
And each one of them might come with a different conclusion, and make different rule change, and one of them may turn out to be "the right decision". And if those players want to continue on those leagues given *full* understanding of the risks, it's a free world. But in the mean time if we fans tell players it's not entrainment unless they get brain damage, that's not a good look on us.
Maybe the kind CTE that the worst case players get isn't the same as what the average player leaves the game with, but I'm not super discriminating when it comes to Swiss cheese of the brain.