Remember that Australian fella that died due to getting hit by a cricket ball? Should cricket be banned as well?
There's a lot of research going on at the moment into the long term effects of concussions. Particularly in the NFL and NHL and the leagues could be on the hook for some big payouts.
If those sports are forced to change as the dangers of contact are too great its hard to see how boxing and MMA aren't going to have a problem down the line.
You're not the same Nick who's just come out of the coma are you?Am I missing something? Didn't this happen weeks ago?
<snip> People die playing every single sport.
Am I missing something? Didn't this happen weeks ago?
There's even suggestions that heading the ball in football should be banned.
Is itIt is banned for players under a certain age.
A disgusting sport that has no place in the modern world. This boxer had to be placed in a medically-induced coma and has now given up boxing forever. No doubt he has permanent and irreversible brain damage.
No, he only just announced he is giving up boxing. No doubt because his doctor told him the next punch could kill him.
A disgusting sport that has no place in the modern world. This boxer had to be placed in a medically-induced coma and has now given up boxing forever. No doubt he has permanent and irreversible brain damage.
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Add to the fact that boxers are potentially the fittest and best conditioned sportsmen out there. Definitely the hardest training regime. The dehydration involved in making weight is an issue that could possibly be discussed.
Was this thread just made for fishing?
Nobody seriously thinks like the op do they?
Like someone else said, take the day off Mate , you must be well stressed , do you write to the telegraph and complain that paved driveways ruin irrigation
Its the same bloke who thinks the Grand National should be banned, one of these people who likes to comment on subjects he doesnt understand whilst he sits behind his computer scared to leave the house due to the modern world.
Second to that, I hope he is fishing as it will have been the best fish since the great Mexican Wave fish of Mar'16
I think I understand far more about the grand national and horse racing in general than a fool like you.
I think I understand far more about the grand national and horse racing in general than a fool like you.
If you are going to punch each other out in the name of sport then you know the risk you are taking.
It's a brutal sport but take it away and it goes underground with less regulation.
While both those things are true, at least to a certain extent, I don't think either of those arguments will hold the discussion off forever.
You can say it will go underground but is that a reason to not ban it? Nothing would be illegal on that basis. And of course how many people who would have taken up the sport wouldn't bother if there wasn't the potential to earn millions.
Knowing the risk is a tricky one as what we know about concussions is changing rapidly. Its led to changes in other sports, such as the NFL and NHL, as well as lawsuits. Why would the same not apply to boxing? Problem is if you take blows to the head out of boxing will anyone still be interested?
Some light reading if anyone is interested:
nflconcussionlitigation.com
nflconcussionsettlement.com
nhlconcussionlitigation.com
concussionfoundation.org
headgamesthefilm.com
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