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It should be called football. This is football, there is no question about it.
We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff.
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Protective padding significantly increases the risk of CTE and long-term injuries
Citation please
Edit: sorry thst reply is a bit too short/dismissive
I don't follow any sporting codes that wear protective padding, so my outsider understanding is that it is designed and shown to prevent that kind of injury
It's surprising to me that the opposite is true, so I'd like to read some more
Sorry my reply could have included more detail. I don’t have list of citations at hand, but this discussion has been ongoing for decades now. The main argument is that padding allows for tackles that would not normally be attempted due to short-term pain and injury risk to both players. The accumulation of these high impact tackles made possible by padding results in long-term CTE and serious injuries that risk retirement. If you’ve ever played rugby the type of tackles you see in American football are terrifying. For another comparison in soccer, only shin pads are typically worn and most contact injuries hurt like hell and are gone two minutes later because you bumped kneecaps together.
Okay yup that makes a lot of sense
i think the argument is that the hard helmets and shouderpads have ingrained deliberately harder hits and leading with the head in NFL when compared to say Union or AFL. League is questionable.
the NFL have seemingly very strongly come down on head-to-head contact and leading with the head in recent years as the CTE situation has been uncovered further, but i'm not sure that there's been significant advancements in the protective gear
Ty for explanation