Really? Until 3 years ago nobody in Ireland was talking about it. There were murmours from the US which really only took up apace after the Dave Duerson story, then some sportswriters here took up the baton and now every punter in a pub (and non rugby fans, who donât watch the sport but know about these injuries straight away) seems to be an expert on it. At the end of the day, itâs up to qualified medical personnel.
I asked you how youâre an expert above a doctor. I also pointed out the hilarity of you saying âeveryone knows its a problemâ when 3/4 years ago nobody gave a fuck about it and knew nothing on it. Now youâre all experts, bigger experts than doctors apparently.
Rugby is where smoking was in the 60s - Safe way to smoke, no evidence etc. There is no safe way to be hit by a 20 stone bloke moving at speed. American football get away with it because of money and the demographic who play it. How long are their careers on average
Link between head trauma and neurodegeneration is garnering more and more irrefutable evidence
First high profile Irish player on late late show exhibiting signs of a rugby acquired brain injury will be nail in coffin of middle class kids playing rugby
Theyâd be percieved as fairly thick from South-Side Dubliners anyway, mate⌠youâll need a Leinster player in a wheel chair before this is taken anyway serious.