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milohimself

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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.
 
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I forget the specifics, he was used as part of a case study by a team of researchers and they concluded that ALS can be caused by repeated head injuries.
 
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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.
 
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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.

Same here. As much as I enjoy watching it and want my son to watch with me, I will not encourage him to play...


...unless he is just an awesome kicker.

But then again, playing through High School probably wouldn't be as damaging as going through a pro career.
 
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I want to try to find this.

Does this specific episode have some episode number or name associated with it?
 
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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.
 
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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.


My little one wants to play, but I won't let him. Can't believe I'm that dad as much as I love football, but I am. He'll play flag, lacrosse, or whatever, but I don't see me putting a helmet on him until they prove something else.
 
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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.
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.

They still don't know the link, because it's not as prevalent in other high-contact sports. But they did talk with researchers from Boston University in that episode that said repeated head trauma can lead to ALS.
 
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PS odd bit of fate, but Gleason was the guy who was getting filmed, visiting the Saints in a wheelchair, when the audio was picked up that led to the discovery of bountygate.
 

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