NRL Concussion/CTE

[tyrael]

Former Kiwis league player is NZ's first case of national rep with CTE

Calls for action as the silent killer haunts New Zealand's sporting community.

www.nzherald.co.nz

Probably not someone I know since it's too early but also with Finucane retiring and we know about Egan's issues it's definitely should be talked about more.

I like the 11 day stand down period for those minor ones but what's happening with players who are actually knocked out. I find there are players that come back way too early and we'll soon see those players from the 80/90s ("hard men") who voice their personal experiences.

 

[Christchurch_Warrior]

I think some of the fighting sports like MMA have at least a 30 day stand down if you are knocked out. Personally think the NRL should have this and perhaps increase the 30 player limit.

 

[Christchurch_Warrior]

Interesting read.

Blunt force drama: Are NRL players receiving the same realistic advice on concussions as AFL counterparts?

As AFL players retire in numbers, is the reality being made clear to their NRL counterparts?

www.theroar.com.au

 

[Christchurch_Warrior]

This is some scary shit

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/wake-up-call-shocking-find-in-nrl-rookie-keith-titmuss-brain/news-story/74c64c7847aa6325fee3969174fbdca9

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

This is some scary shit

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/wake-up-call-shocking-find-in-nrl-rookie-keith-titmuss-brain/news-story/74c64c7847aa6325fee3969174fbdca9

I think it makes sense that’s much of the damage will happen during the school years when the brain and body are still growing and developing.

Worrying signs for the game (and players) future.

 

[Worried2Death]

I think it makes sense that’s much of the damage will happen during the school years when the brain and body are still growing and developing.

Worrying signs for the game (and players) future.

Annual PET scans for all players might become insurance protocols, although that article says CTE can only be conclusively diagnosed post mortem.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

I just read there is research into heavy consumption of alcohol and CTE with sport playing alcoholics being over represented in the stats.

Traditionally many sports had a culture of heavy drinking. How much has been drunk after head knocks or with concussion and how much is this a factor in the CTE of past players coming out now?

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Reading about Carl Hayman being a sex-pest, there is mention of the influence of CTE and alcohol.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Worrying signs for the game (and players) future.

There really is no future of the game TBH. Both NRL / NFL will get sued out of existence at some point. 50 years maybe? I don't know, but at some point the music will stop and the party will be over.

 

[sup42]

There really is no future of the game TBH. Both NRL / NFL will get sued out of existence at some point. 50 years maybe? I don't know, but at some point the music will stop and the party will be over.

Interesting thought. I have considered the same. However that also depends on the political and social direction of the world fifty years from now.

People will adapt. If they have to ban contact sports, people will become passionate about the alternatives like say touch footy.

One day we will look back on the contact football and say how dumb was that?

Well we probably won't but our Grandchildren might.
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In a Far right political climate Business's like football organizations are likely to be prioritized over players lawsuits so.....at the core of this prediction the question over whether the world will be progressive in it's protection of the worker fifty years from now.

 

[JustLikeStartingOver]

Contact sports will need to become eventised like boxing, pretty bad for you getting punched in the head, but they don’t have a televised fight every Saturday for 9 straight months.

Union might be even worse than NRL for playing year round and heavy training when you don’t have a game, it’s so collision heavy at the moment, it’s easier to train a block of muscle and heavy bones to catch and pass than it is to get a smaller skillful player to take all that contact