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Originally Posted by flambers
Concussion issue is not only associated with Hockey, to remove physical contact would be an interesting debate in terms of how would this effect the other major league sports?
From a kids sports perspective, from my view soccer had the bigger issue in terms of concussions.
More likely area to focus is the equipment and is the game to quick.....
My view, there is no chance the player associations would approve the elimination of body contact.
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I have heard that concussions are a major and increasing issue in soccer, and this has me curious about whether the effects are the same as what we have seen in hockey and football. Are soccer players developing symptoms of CTE in later years? Are there incidents of former professional soccer players seeing their lives fall apart after retirement and resort to living on the street like Joe Murphy? Are there reports of suicides and drug overdoses for former professional soccer players similar to those of Derek Boogard, Steve Montador, Wade Belak, Mike Webster, Terry Long, or Junior Seau?