tbf at least 20% of the brain damage seen in football players comes purely from being am*rican

Anyone else here lie completely outside of the American_civil_religion_loop (football, basketball, marvel, star wars, game of thrones, breaking bad) for the last 30 years?

My treat is lecturing others on why their treat consumption is bad.

Still a treat, you're still treat chasing.

And cocaine, I really really love cocaine.

Cocaine is like the worst treat. It's made by slave labor and sold to fund right wing paramilitaries, all just to make you feel like you drank four red bulls with a prozac. Seriously, eating a T-bone while watching Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad and jerking it to BDSM porn is probably more ethnical than a Coke habit.

I wonder if this is going to be like those oxycontin commercials from the early 2000s. It's non-addictive, you can get as much as you want for anything that hurts, trust me I'm a pharmacist bro I'm regulated. Las Vegas really solidifying sports betting as the anything anytime anywhere casino seems so ominous.

Just another chapter in our very boring dystopia. Millions of Americans desperately searching for some sense of community and attaching themselves to a billionaire’s chess game and developing a parasocial relationship with their team, all for some fleeting dopamine

Sounds like everything else in America eh

I'm a huge mma nerd so I'm not allowed an opinion on the damage of football lol and that's ok.

honestly just make them play without pads.

American football causes brain damage and the sport should be mandatory until every American is a drooling moron incapable of inflicting more horror upon the global south.

Mixed on football, but what really pisses me off is when I’m being critical of it and I get a bunch of “🤓 ummm football is actually one of the most complex sports in existence and you’re showing your ignorance. There’s nothing that comes close to such intellectual prowess”

Godamn I really need to move to China, maybe AI will make the language barrier easier to work through

Soccer/football has a concussion problem that no one talks about either. Hugo Lloris like had a year of play lost because he was kept in game. Sports have physical risks ✌️

I mean when blood sports and combat sports exist, are extremely popular, and haven't died out or been banned despite getting punched or kicked in the head to the point of losing consciousness being a key part of these sports, I don't see how contact sports like American Football or Rugby will be banned or die out. I do think more needs to be done to make contact sports safer though. I like the changes rugby made with regards to cards for high tackles and the scrum, it makes the sport look safer than when by friends played it in high school.

Get rid of the pads, longer time outs after a concussion, a maximum number of concussions before forced retirement, solid education of players on the effects of repeated TBIs, high pay for athletes to compensate for that risk, high quality healthcare for those that do suffer injuries, and of course nationalize it so that the profit motive doesn’t fuck with the rest of those things

Oh and do ban it for minors, that shit’s fucked. High schoolers can play flag football but tackle football has to go

Reject tackle football embrvce flag grvdivon

American football causes brain damage

Yes. And players have it even worse.

American Football causes brain damage and the band needs to be banned. Happy listening!

I don’t think it needs to be banned necessarily. Full contact sports have been a thing since forever. I don’t watch nor do I know the history of football so I don’t know why it seems to be different to other contact sports, but I’m sure someone could explain and maybe figure out a solution.

The brain damage is people obsessing about a damn sport and shooting up shit when your team loses or wins (I'm in fucking Kansas City and I'm fucking dreading for when the super bowl ends, I ain't going to get any sleep.

I agree, humans were Never Meant to play such a violent sport