ICTChris Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Wasn't sure which forum to put this in, I assume the mods can move if they see fit. A study of 7000 former Scottish professional footballers lead by Glasgow University has found that they were significantly more likely to die from neurodegenrative disease than the control group and were also significantly more likely to be prescribed medication for neurodegenerative disease than the control group. I can't read the paper as I don't subscribe to the New England Journal of Medicine but you can read the abstract here - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1908483?query=featured_home Chris Nowinski, a former college football player and WWE wrestler who has campaigned on concussions in sport, tweeted the following figures from the study Former players were 3.5x more likely to die from neurodegenerative disease Former players were 5x more likely to die from Alzeihmers. Former players were 4x more likely to die from Motor Neurone disease. It can't be confirmed if former players had CTE, the condition that's been found in a number of former AMerican football players brains after they've died as you need to examine brain tissue for that. I wonder how much of this can be put down to the old style heavy balls and if there will be any comeback or settlement between ex players suffering from dementia and football authorities. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 I'm sure Alan Shearer was involved in a similar study down south recently. I don't really have much else to add to the subject tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Hessian Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, ICTChris said: old style heavy balls On 13/07/2019 at 13:24, throbber said: Part of the reason I hated the teabagging stag weekend so much! Edited October 21, 2019 by Herman Hessian 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 There's a Malcolm Gladwell podcast episode that had some interesting stuff on this very subject and about brain injuries leading to suicide and depression etc. http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/22-burden-of-proof 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 There did seem to be a disproportionately large number of ex players suffering from these illnesses. Good to see some statistics now backing that up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Got to die of something ffs. Guys on the terracing are dying of stokes, heart attacks and liver disease (through alcohol) all the time. All wanting to be that guy heading the ball..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 On 22/10/2019 at 08:22, SlipperyP said: Got to die of something ffs. Guys on the terracing are dying of stokes, heart attacks and liver disease (through alcohol) all the time. All wanting to be that guy heading the ball..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: A lot of elvis impersonators on the terraces these days 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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