Its a matter of cause and effect. If a defensive football player hits an offensive player so hard that the person blacks out, throws up, loses his balance, or any of the myriad symptoms of a concussion, then the offensive player MAY have a concussion. I say MAY because I am not a doctor, and therefore can't make diagnosis of what is going on with the player.
In recent months, the importance of focusing on concussions, with spear focus on Football players, is a good thing, and it puts the right light on organizations protecting the players from successive blows to the head that MAY lead to further brain damage.
But what about Hockey, Rugby, Lacrosse, Soccer? Basketball? There are times where each and every sport, minus maybe Bowling, which I am not really sure is a fully fledged sport, that contact is going to be made between players. A spike in Volleyball has a leather bound ball flying through the air at 70 mph with the possibility of hitting an inanimate target human head.
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The biggest point of this article stems from the study of Junior Seau's brain, which analysts have laid the blame of his suicide on repeated hits to the head.
The brain, or the study of it, called neurology is a science of unknown proportions. This, in layman's terms means that the whole science is full of unknowns, making a diagnosis of suicide due to defensive lineman hits to the head, completely false.
Could repeated hits to the head have contributed? Sure. Could a bunch of other factors have contributed to the suicide, absolutely. The only surefire way of finding out why a person takes their life into their own hands, is to ask that person, and unfortunately, and with all of today's technology, we still can't make the dead talk.
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In recent months, the importance of focusing on concussions, with spear focus on Football players, is a good thing, and it puts the right light on organizations protecting the players from successive blows to the head that MAY lead to further brain damage.
But what about Hockey, Rugby, Lacrosse, Soccer? Basketball? There are times where each and every sport, minus maybe Bowling, which I am not really sure is a fully fledged sport, that contact is going to be made between players. A spike in Volleyball has a leather bound ball flying through the air at 70 mph with the possibility of hitting an inanimate target human head.
Get Motivated!
The biggest point of this article stems from the study of Junior Seau's brain, which analysts have laid the blame of his suicide on repeated hits to the head.
The brain, or the study of it, called neurology is a science of unknown proportions. This, in layman's terms means that the whole science is full of unknowns, making a diagnosis of suicide due to defensive lineman hits to the head, completely false.
Could repeated hits to the head have contributed? Sure. Could a bunch of other factors have contributed to the suicide, absolutely. The only surefire way of finding out why a person takes their life into their own hands, is to ask that person, and unfortunately, and with all of today's technology, we still can't make the dead talk.
AXIS OF EVIL BY SUICIDE COMMANDO (CD) (Google Affiliate Ad)
Kids, Sports, and Concussion By Meehan, William (Google Affiliate Ad)
Concussion in Sports By Meehan, William P./ Micheli, Lyle J. (Google Affiliate Ad)
The Concussion Crisis By Carroll, Linda/ Rosner, David (Google Affiliate Ad)
