milohimself
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Yeah my wife was shocked the other day when I told her I didn't think I wanted our son to play football.
I won't tell him he can't, but I'm definitely not gonna encourage it.
Had the one from last night DVR'd, they did a profile on the Saints player who got Lou Gherig's as a result of playing football. It was gut-wrenching. Pretty much solidified that if I have a son, he won't be playing football.
The rate in the NFL is much higher than the general population. Lou Gehrig's happens at 2 out of every 100,000 people per year. There are 27 known cases of NFL players with ALS.You'd think the instance of Als in football players as compared to the general population would be much higher to make this conclusion. One player doesn't seem to support that assumption. I thought Als was a slow withering away of the myelin sheath around neurons. Sudden impacts to the head doesn't seem to be a cause, tho it might exacerbate it if the person had als before playing football.