TandemBear said:
... How many CTE-related cyclist suicides have you heard about? ...
None that I know of.
Now substitute the word "cyclist" with "skateboarding, skiing, soccer, lacrosse, tennis, badminton," etc. and you probably get the same results.
No, it's football that's doing the damage, so it needs to be addressed.
Terrible argument.
"This is what I have heard about, so its THE problem."
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170314081533.htmhttps://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/health/brain-damage-dementia-cte-soccer-football-study/index.htmlNow, does the lack of exposure of womens soccer contribute to not following up on players after death to look for CTE? Does mens already significantly higher suicide rate contribute to higher CTE related suicide in football players vs women athletes?
How many women athlete deaths have you heard of in the last year. Or 5 years. or 10 years. I cant even name a single female athlete that has been the subject of a nightly news story for dying... or anything.
Does that mean that they are not dying, or dont exist, or dont get injured, or could it be that a bias makes the NFL story more compelling and gives football a tighter focus.
We all pretend to be enlightened, but very few people care about womens soccer compared to the NFL, especially outside of the WC. Womens sports injuries just are not interesting. That is why no one is trying to blanket ban stunting in Cheerleading, despite it insanely dangerous. Instead the do "no three person tall" rules, and injured
women and
girls become jokes, and the fact that cheer is dangerous as hell becomes a trivial pursuit question.
But yeah, if you haven't heard of it, must not be an issue.
As an aside, how many veterans brains are looked at for CTE. You get banged around a lot.