NFL brain injury Congressional inquiry
Posted by Al DeFlorio
NFL brain injury Congressional inquiry
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.hsd1.ma.comcast.net)
Date: November 28, 2009 07:44PM
I was watching last night's edition of PBS's The Newshour tonight and caught clips of the testimony of a neurologist who has investigated former NFL players who have developed chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). As she was speaking, they showed a picture of a brain scan from a former NFL player who developed CTE and noticed the name Thomas McHale at the bottom of the image. This prompted a search where I found this: [www.sciencedaily.com]
Was I the only one here unaware of this tragic end for Tom?
Was I the only one here unaware of this tragic end for Tom?
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Al DeFlorio '65
Al DeFlorio '65
Re: NFL brain injury Congressional inquiry
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: November 28, 2009 10:45PM
No, I'm unaware as well. I hope they clean it up.Al DeFlorio
I was watching last night's edition of PBS's The Newshour tonight and caught clips of the testimony of a neurologist who has investigated former NFL players who have developed chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). As she was speaking, they showed a picture of a brain scan from a former NFL player who developed CTE and noticed the name Thomas McHale at the bottom of the image. This prompted a search where I found this: [www.sciencedaily.com]
Was I the only one here unaware of this tragic end for Tom?
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Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005
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Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005
Re: NFL brain injury Congressional inquiry
Posted by: mnagowski (---.bflony.fios.verizon.net)
Date: November 29, 2009 12:09AM
I wrote about this a little while back when Tom's story was featured in the New Yorker:
[www.metaezra.com]
I, for one, would really love to see an emphasis on tackling below the waist at all levels of the sport. Everybody just loves to smash their helmets into each other for some reason.
[www.metaezra.com]
The big concern with football -- other than whether or not we will ever win an outright Ivy title again -- is just how violent of a sport it is -- and how dangerous it can be for a player's long-term health. This week's New Yorker documents Tom McHale, a Cornell and NFL alum, who suffered from "ridiculously abnormal" brain trauma due to repeated football-induced concussions, and ultimately died of substance abuse at the age of 45.
I, for one, would really love to see an emphasis on tackling below the waist at all levels of the sport. Everybody just loves to smash their helmets into each other for some reason.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/29/2009 12:10AM by mnagowski.
Re: NFL brain injury Congressional inquiry
Posted by: BCrespi (---.cable.mindspring.com)
Date: November 29, 2009 09:41PM
mnagowski
I wrote about this a little while back when Tom's story was featured in the New Yorker:
[www.metaezra.com]
The big concern with football -- other than whether or not we will ever win an outright Ivy title again -- is just how violent of a sport it is -- and how dangerous it can be for a player's long-term health. This week's New Yorker documents Tom McHale, a Cornell and NFL alum, who suffered from "ridiculously abnormal" brain trauma due to repeated football-induced concussions, and ultimately died of substance abuse at the age of 45.
I, for one, would really love to see an emphasis on tackling below the waist at all levels of the sport. Everybody just loves to smash their helmets into each other for some reason.
Unfortunately, in a sport where every inch of extra yardage is so important, emphasizing tackling below the waste (except in some open field situations, and against the biggest backs) just won't happen. Yards and wins are less replaceable than safeties and receivers.
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Brian Crespi '06
Brian Crespi '06
Re: NFL brain injury Congressional inquiry
Posted by: Josh '99 (---.nyc.res.rr.com)
Date: December 01, 2009 08:16AM
That being the case, and the NFL making as much money as they do, there's no excuse not to *at least* mandate the use of the best helmets and mouth guards available to prevent concussions.BCrespi
mnagowski
I wrote about this a little while back when Tom's story was featured in the New Yorker:
[www.metaezra.com]
The big concern with football -- other than whether or not we will ever win an outright Ivy title again -- is just how violent of a sport it is -- and how dangerous it can be for a player's long-term health. This week's New Yorker documents Tom McHale, a Cornell and NFL alum, who suffered from "ridiculously abnormal" brain trauma due to repeated football-induced concussions, and ultimately died of substance abuse at the age of 45.
I, for one, would really love to see an emphasis on tackling below the waist at all levels of the sport. Everybody just loves to smash their helmets into each other for some reason.
Unfortunately, in a sport where every inch of extra yardage is so important, emphasizing tackling below the waste (except in some open field situations, and against the biggest backs) just won't happen. Yards and wins are less replaceable than safeties and receivers.
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