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Sweep sweep - if his response is whataboutery rugby is closer to the end than we thought
Running in playgrounds and certainly ball games in playgrounds is now mostly banned although I have never heard of a kid being concussed in a playground - usually chipped teeth or a broken arm
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Given you were gleefully quoting a study yesterday by a Professor who has been discredited I wouldnât be shouting too loud.
What study is that?
It is clear to anybody that rugby has a major problem and putting its head in the sand has accelerated that. Parents are moving kids away from rugby because it is perceived as dangerous. There wonât be a full contact non professional game in ten years
What a nonsensical argument, children are more likely to get a concussion on a playground than a rugby pitch because waaaaayyy more children are likely to be on a playground than play rugby.
Also unless they are extremely clumsy kids are unlikely to get multiple concussions in a playground.
Also having recognised the dangers of falling in a playground theyâve introduced those rubbery floor things. What have Rugby done to mitigate the dangers?
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wtf,rogbee people want to ban playgrounds
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Itâs been studied in New Zealand mate.
There are plenty of opposing views from medical professionals. The person who led the movement with yesterdayâs petition once called for high tackling to be banned in rugby, when it is already banned. The study she constantly cites has been discredited.
Is there a risk of playing rugby? Of course, but there is a risk of doing anything in life. The incidents of long term, life altering injuries are minimal as you all well know. How many people on this forum know of many life altering rugby injuries? A few people limping around or with a bad back is nonsense, with plenty of physical activities people get worn down knees or other long term ailments. They wouldnât change anything though.
The fact that the boys on here are hoping thereâs an intervention by insurance companies or regulatory bodies to stop the march of rugby football is embarrassing.
Concussions in elite rugby football are a different story to amateur rugby football.
Listening to one of the professors on OTB last night his major issue was compelling children to play rugby in many English schools. He didnât have a major issue with schools where there is an opt in/ opt out. I wouldnât think there are many schools here where participation in rugby is compulsory.
In fairness to Tim here, the chap was American and seemed like a bit of a screaming Mary. I thought he was ripe for discrediting.
If they ban rugby, the whinging cunts, football and hurling will be next, and tag soccer will be all thatâs allowed.
Is this Dr. Eric Anderson, a professor of masculinity, sexuality and sport at the University of Winchester, whose work focuses on sport psychology, distance running, and the social problems of organized team sports.? 
This American chap wasnât shying away from classifying soccer as a dangerous activity. He seemed OK with cross country running though.
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Thatâs the lad.
Rugby is at most compulsory in your first year in schools and it really isnât beyond the first term of school.
If you get sent to a rugby school or a GAA school you should be prepared to go by the ethos of the school. Kids are forced to do an awful lot of things they might moan about, itâs not as life altering as this guy who make out.
His âprofessorâ title should be in inverted commas. Everyone in the states is a âprofessorâ
What a fucking stupid, obscure and utterly pointless non subject he âprofessesâ in.
Cunt.
His issue boils down to being forced to do something that carries a high risk of injury. Thatâs what distinguishes it I think from other activities that kids are forced into.
Agree Fagan, but âhigh riskâ is a bit relative.
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What if they get a belt in the face from a soccer ball?
Then theyâd fit perfectly into the League of Ireland.
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