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Very interesting article. He played pro football and had a very nice career as an announcer. He stresses that he is not anti football, but rather for making changes to make the sport safer, especially for kids. Back to Top Pataskala General User Member Since: 7/8/2010 Location: At least six feet away from anybody else Post Count: 9,340 Status: Offline     RE: Ed Cunningham resigns from ESPN to protest brain trauma    Posted: 9/1/2017 12:07:52 PM  The NFL will do little until the fans take their money elsewhere. They just don't want to admit that they've allowed the sport to become deadly. We will get by. We will get by. We will get by. We will survive. Back to Top GoCats105 General User Member Since: 1/31/2006 Location: Seattle, WA Post Count: 7,189 Status: Offline     RE: Ed Cunningham resigns from ESPN to protest brain trauma    Posted: 9/1/2017 12:13:24 PM  Can we really call this a protest? Back to Top giacomo General User Member Since: 11/20/2007 Post Count: 2,690 Status: Offline     RE: Ed Cunningham resigns from ESPN to protest brain trauma    Posted: 9/2/2017 12:50:05 PM  He's drawing attention to the issue. Good for him. Now you could say he feathered his nest on football and now he can quit. Maybe so, but he's seen some stuff. Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 10,039 Status: Offline     RE: Ed Cunningham resigns from ESPN to protest brain trauma    Posted: 9/2/2017 11:54:47 PM  Again, another person wants to ignore the performance enhancers that have known psychological effects. Back to Top giacomo General User Member Since: 11/20/2007 Post Count: 2,690 Status: Offline     RE: Ed Cunningham resigns from ESPN to protest brain trauma    Posted: 9/4/2017 3:29:30 PM  Billy, please elaborate. Repeated hits to the head over many years can't help, but is there a cherry on top? Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 10,039 Status: Offline     RE: Ed Cunningham resigns from ESPN to protest brain trauma    Posted: 9/4/2017 6:26:40 PM  giacomo wrote: Billy, please elaborate. Repeated hits to the head over many years can't help, but is there a cherry on top? Yes, performance enhancers are a serious issue that needs studied in this issue. The large studies on older players are flawed due to the fact they ignore the known substances that these players took that had known psychological effects. However to study this, the league and the Players Association would have to admit to known usage. https://www.campuspressbox.com/2016/is-cte-settled-scienc... / https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4718534 / https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51160331_Anaboli... Back to Top giacomo General User Member Since: 11/20/2007 Post Count: 2,690 Status: Offline     RE: Ed Cunningham resigns from ESPN to protest brain trauma    Posted: 9/5/2017 6:55:35 PM  Billy, very interesting to say the least. Steroids are a big problem and one that has been swept under the rug. I don't recall that the players from other eras, say 1950s and 1960s had that much of an issue. But then, they were not as big physically nor did they play as many games. Steroids have some responsibility for the players being so much bigger today. Collisions are more violent as the playing surfaces are better. How much speed could you get up in a game at the muddy infield of Cleveland Municipal Stadium? So, less games, smaller players and no steroids. Then look at how many games a kid would play until he made the NFL today. Many more collisions over a longer period of time. 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