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Originally Posted by N-E-B
These guys make more in one paycheck than I make in an entire year. It sucks that some of them get hurt, but they're more than fairly compensated for the risk. When you have guys in the military making $50k/year putting their life on the line it puts this into perspective a bit.
Maybe that's evil, but to me that makes a huge difference in how I view this.
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The presence of a national military is a necessary evil. Hitting in hockey is not. I continue to maintain that the dangers of ECT and the early onset of dementia are not risks that all players knowingly and willingly accept in their entry into professional hockey. Most of them are 18-year-old kids who understandably believe themselves to be invincible, and the only want to play. When I was 18 I was positive that my body could withstand any punishment inflicted, and I made a tonne of stupid decisions on the basis of this thinking.
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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Well of course it’s a parents choice. But I am curious as to who here have decided their kids can’t play hockey. This is after all a hockey fan discussion board. Are there people who are huge fans of the game, give it their time and money, but believe it should be fundamentally changed and don’t want their kids playing.
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Hockey was never really an option for us, but my wife and I actively decided against enrolling our youngest son in football this year as a result of the high risk. My oldest son played rugby and one of his teammates suffered a serious concussion that has had a permanent affect on his day-to-day life.