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| SHOULD one of these cases be successful, I think the game is well and truly ****ed.
Player's bravery isn't under question, but what I ask is this...
Man plays professional sport, where contact with the head is inevitable. Repeated contact to the head makes the risk of damage to the brain, again, inevitable. We've all seen boxers physical and mental capacities deteriorate over the years. At what point do rugby (league or union) players think that it's NOT going to happen to them? It (unfortunately) is an occupational hazard.
If Bobbie Goulding is told to "get his ar5e back on the pitch" after a huge whack to the head, who is he going to sue?
His coach (who told him to "get his ar5e.....)?
The physio who ran on to the pitch to tend to him, and decided that he was fit to continue ?
His club?
The bloke who *****ed him in the first place (how do you prove which incidents caused this)?
It's a minefield.
Wishing good health to any player who is suffering this .
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It seems MMA is not immune to brain damage arising as consequence of participation.
I really don't think the occasional high tackle in RL is anywhere near the impact of these sports where the most lauded method of winning is to incapacitate your opponent through loss of consciousness brought about through head/brain trauma. A sport which celebrates kicks, punches, and elbows to the head.
https://www.mmafighting.com/2021/1/13/2 ... ain-trauma
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It seems MMA is not immune to brain damage arising as consequence of participation.
I really don't think the occasional high tackle in RL is anywhere near the impact of these sports where the most lauded method of winning is to incapacitate your opponent through loss of consciousness brought about through head/brain trauma. A sport which celebrates kicks, punches, and elbows to the head.
https://www.mmafighting.com/2021/1/13/2 ... ain-trauma
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| Quote: Wires71 "It seems MMA is not immune to brain damage arising as consequence of participation.
I really don't think the occasional high tackle in RL is anywhere near the impact of these sports where the most lauded method of winning is to incapacitate your opponent through loss of consciousness brought about through head/brain trauma. A sport which celebrates kicks, punches, and elbows to the head.
It's not just high tackle causing the impact infant the majority of the damage will be caused from high impact collisions making the brain basically rock around the skull.
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| Quote: Dezzies_right_hook "It's not just high tackle causing the impact infant the majority of the damage will be caused from high impact collisions making the brain basically rock around the skull.'"
Fair enough, I am no expert on these matters. It does seem clear that there is a wide disparity between sporting bodies and their policy on the risks of brain trauma.
High impact collisions are the heart and soul of Rugby League and other contact sports so I don't know where this is going.
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| Quote: Wires71 "Fair enough, I am no expert on these matters. It does seem clear that there is a wide disparity between sporting bodies and their policy on the risks of brain trauma.
High impact collisions are the heart and soul of Rugby League and other contact sports so I don't know where this is going.'"
Limiting contact training sessions clamping down hard on late or high challenges would be a start to it. It's not about cutting out the impacts altogether but to cut out unnecessary ones.
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| Quote: Dezzies_right_hook "Limiting contact training sessions clamping down hard on late or high challenges would be a start to it. It's not about cutting out the impacts altogether but to cut out unnecessary ones.'"
If you watch a rugby union game they do appear to have almost got rid of high shots ... not totally of course.
League has always been tougher, with far more high tackles. Our game will find it quite a challenge.
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