Posted on 01/19/2014 7:36:54 AM PST by Sub-Driver
January 19, 2014, 10:10 am Obama: Danger of concussions in NFL no longer a secret
By Justin Sink
President Obama said that he believed NFL players know what theyre doing and understood the impact that concussions could have on their long-term health in an interview with The New Yorker published on Sunday, adding that he would not let his son play pro football.
At this point, theres a little bit of caveat emptor, Obama said. These guys, they know what theyre doing. They know what theyre buying into. It is no longer a secret. Its sort of the feeling I have about smokers, you know?
In August, the NFL agreed to a $765 million settlement in a lawsuit brought against the league by former players. The league did not admit any liability or that brain injuries were the result of playing football, but the money will be split among former players and medical researchers. A federal judge has not yet approved the deal.
Existing research has shown that repeated concussions can be associated with memory loss and behavioral changes. Theyre also linked to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive degenerative brain disease.
The president made the comments while speaking aboard Air Force One with David Remnick, the magazines editor and a former sportswriter for The Washington Post.
Obama said that while the risks were understood, if he had a son, he would not allow him to play professional football.
I would not let my son play pro football, he said. But, I mean, you wrote a lot about boxing, right? Were sort of in the same realm.
or a flaming homosexual.
Well, the problem with that is the 22 year old doesn't wake up one day and decide to become pro.
Typically, in my observation as a mother to a young boy, he has been groomed since he was about seven to believe he is going to be the next big thing in the NFL by a mom and dad in the suburbs who have a vicarious living problem and "competitive issues". So, for every 22 year old with real potential to go big there are thousands who have been getting bounced around on their head for ten plus years to secure Mom and Dad's dream.
Not saying I agree with O, just saying that is the reality.
I think it would be awesome if he ordered the Patriots to make him starting QB for today's game. Similar to what the emperor did on that movie Gladiator. I bet the ratings for that game would be around 250 million viewers.
I agree with everything you wrote.
Personally, I would rather encourage my children to play different sports and activities other than football. Yes of course, they don’t wake up at 22 waiting for their name to be called on draft day. It starts a long before that moment.
Yes of course. Fortunately or Unfortunately, my parents never tried to control me. They watch my success and blunders from a distant.
Which one is the son?
Those issues are far less important than Obama’s view on the NFL...
I would not let my son play pro football, he said.”
As we all know, 12 year olds play pro football.
"Had..."
“Some data suggests that helmeted NFL players are about 25% more likely to sustain a head injury than Australian-rules footballers, who wear no body armor. An Australian researcher noted that there may be a greater prevalence of head injuries in the American game because the players hit each other with forces up to 100% greater. If they didnt have helmets on, they wouldnt do that, he says.
Back to leather helmets. Try using those for missiles.
But he would let his son stick his pee pee in some other guys doo doo hole and vice versa.
If his son weren’t dead, he sure would fit in with the thuggish world of black NFL.
If Obastard had a real son, he would be a string-bean skinny thing who would get blown away by the wind. Of course he wouldn’t play.
Or like his daddy, blowing people for coke.
That fairly well covers it.
What does the Dear Leader think about pocket lint? I’m dying to know.
Imagine That?Obongo Says”These Guys Know What They’re Doing”Without Even Having To Read About It In The Papers???
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