There is extreme selection bias in this study.

Jul 25, 2017
11:07:42am

wapiti All-American

They only selected players who were already suspected to have CTE. Nonetheless, this is troubling. Not sure how football as we know it will survive. I don't think my sons will be play tackle football.

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111 brains of deceased NFL players were studied. 110 had CTE

Hypnotoad

7/25/17 10:28am

The lone survivor must be a kicker

WDaddy

7/25/17 10:29am

That's insane and extremely troubling

Duke Silver

7/25/17 10:29am

Who asked you? (My post above is better)

cougfanblue

7/25/17 10:29am

In comparison, I wonder what percentage is found in non-NFL players

darkcoug

7/25/17 10:31am

Are any studies being done on other people. For comparison purposes.

Y05

7/25/17 10:32am

Didn't read it, but it would be useful to compare data to other sports

Paco

7/25/17 10:35am

I submit that soccer does need that.

Mayor of Cougartown

7/25/17 10:37am

Soccer's concussion data is significantly less troubling than football's.

Jezza

7/25/17 10:46am

ummm not so much.

Big Tuna

7/25/17 10:54am

My understanding is that most concussions are from elbows, head to ground and ..

Paco

7/25/17 11:00am

The key word there being "girls" soccer. That's also at a prep level.

Jezza

7/25/17 11:20am

It's plausible that women's soccer is a better comparison. In the US (where FB

TaiJuan

7/25/17 11:31am

That was a hilariously ridiculous post and you know it. It also backed my point.

Jezza

7/25/17 11:38am

He words it wrong, but the point is there

Paco

7/25/17 12:07pm

But what on Earth does that have to do with concussions? Like I said, if

Jezza

7/25/17 12:10pm

Watch the research, I bet I'm proven right. I think men and women are sufficient

TaiJuan

7/25/17 12:16pm

RE: Watch the research, I bet I'm proven right. I think men and women are

Jezza

7/25/17 12:20pm

Very true. But the populations who select soccer vs football are not equivalent.

TaiJuan

7/25/17 12:23pm

Then use the top-tier athletes from the other 6.5 billion people on Earth

Jezza

7/25/17 12:28pm

RE: Then use the top-tier athletes from the other 6.5 billion people on Earth

TaiJuan

7/25/17 12:36pm

And women might be more susceptible to concussion, but that requires more

TaiJuan

7/25/17 12:21pm

Comparing apples to apples is a bad idea. That is a bold new strategy.

Jezza

7/25/17 12:23pm

Well that would be interesting if those athletes had been fed, raised, and

TaiJuan

7/25/17 12:27pm

For whatever reason, teen girl soccer is more physical than teen boy soccer

Paco

7/25/17 12:24pm

It may seem that way, but make it girls vs boys and suddenly you the difference

Jezza

7/25/17 12:28pm

US soccer banned headers for kids under 11 in 2015

Sumguy

7/25/17 11:42am

This report seems misleading.

Nathanael Greene

7/25/17 12:56pm

There is extreme selection bias in this study.

wapiti

7/25/17 11:07am

Baseball and Basketball fans rejoice...maybe soccer fans too

Bonoman

7/25/17 11:16am

Articles like this make me feel guilty for enjoying watching football.

rerunc

7/25/17 11:25am

It wasn't a random sampling. They were donated for study for a reason.

Kerbouchard

7/25/17 11:44am

Thanks for pointing out something that has been largely discussed already

Hypnotoad

7/25/17 11:55am

Maybe you should have read that part before you posted it.

Lip Gallagher

7/25/17 12:04pm

Why? I simply posted a link. I didn't editorialize at all.

Hypnotoad

7/25/17 12:13pm

Cop out

Lip Gallagher

7/25/17 12:24pm

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