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Topic:  Contact Sports: It’s Not Worth It

Topic:  Contact Sports: It’s Not Worth It
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giacomo
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  Message Not Read  Contact Sports: It’s Not Worth It
   Posted: 9/10/2023 1:57:10 PM 
https://pge.post-gazette.com/.pf/showstory/202309100055/3

One family’s tragedy with CTE and their quest to inform families with children.
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ohiocatfan1
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  Message Not Read  RE: Contact Sports: It’s Not Worth It
   Posted: 9/11/2023 4:07:55 PM 
A tragic story. We've all seen photos of practices with players wearing the padded protective headgear on the outside of the helmet. Is there a reason it's not used in games?
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mf279801
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  Message Not Read  RE: Contact Sports: It’s Not Worth It
   Posted: 9/17/2023 9:47:10 AM 
ohiocatfan1 wrote:
A tragic story. We've all seen photos of practices with players wearing the padded protective headgear on the outside of the helmet. Is there a reason it's not used in games?


I’ve read that wearing padding outside of the hard/slick shell (dramatically) increases the risk of catastrophic neck/spinal injures, due to the padding sticking/catching
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