Dementia???

kilted1 · Subject: Dementia??? Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:17 pm

An interesting article:

N.F.L. Study Finds Link to Dementia

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Doc Manhattan · Subject: Re: Dementia??? Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:50 pm

Who could possibly have predicted that getting repeated blunt head and neck trauma would affect the health of the brain over time?

The surprising thing is the NFL running the study and owning up to it.

Meanwhile, Tim Tebow (age 22, salary $0) will be staring down the LSU pass rush with a bruised brain, because he's got "grit" and a multibillion-dollar university that only cares about his well-being. Suspect

I love NCAA football, but the "non-professional student-athlete" line is so much baloney propping up a commercial business.

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EJinVA · Subject: Re: Dementia??? Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:57 am

Reminds me of an old Bob Nelson routine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BerJdS2VJhA

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