Comments on: Unnecessary Roughness http://www.riskmanagementmonitor.com/unnecessary-roughness/ The Risk Management Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:20:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bill Coffin http://www.riskmanagementmonitor.com/unnecessary-roughness/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Bill Coffin Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:08:12 +0000 http://www.riskmanagementmonitor.com/?p=1488#comment-156 There was another story about this from the New York Times today on the same topic. It mainly focused on the risks to college players, but really we're talking about the same long-term liability here: the seemingly inevitable consequence of substantial brain damage occurring to people who routinely sustain small to medium-intensity impacts to their head. Namely, football players. Here's a link to the NYT story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/sports/ncaafootball/22concussions.html. In the meantime, I'm going to be thankful that both of my children have expressed an interest in soccer. And it pains me to say that, BTW, since I really do love football. It's hard to reconcile that enthusiasm with the thought of what the cost of this great game may really be. There was another story about this from the New York Times today on the same topic. It mainly focused on the risks to college players, but really we’re talking about the same long-term liability here: the seemingly inevitable consequence of substantial brain damage occurring to people who routinely sustain small to medium-intensity impacts to their head. Namely, football players.

Here’s a link to the NYT story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/sports/ncaafootball/22concussions.html.

In the meantime, I’m going to be thankful that both of my children have expressed an interest in soccer. And it pains me to say that, BTW, since I really do love football. It’s hard to reconcile that enthusiasm with the thought of what the cost of this great game may really be.

]]> By: Maya Grinberg http://www.riskmanagementmonitor.com/unnecessary-roughness/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Maya Grinberg Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:09:43 +0000 http://www.riskmanagementmonitor.com/?p=1488#comment-154 The blog is great-- it looks very pretty and you guys put up interesting content. Keep it up, I dig it! The blog is great– it looks very pretty and you guys put up interesting content. Keep it up, I dig it!

]]> By: Nick http://www.riskmanagementmonitor.com/unnecessary-roughness/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Nick Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:57:39 +0000 http://www.riskmanagementmonitor.com/?p=1488#comment-153 Very interesting, and thanks for the link on the Gladwell article. It was outstanding! Very interesting, and thanks for the link on the Gladwell article. It was outstanding!

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