Concussion in football
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:44 am
So what are your thoughts?
Personally I think heading the ball is an important part of the game. To ban heading will make football a different sport altogether. It's possible to do but it'll be a radical change. I am quite sure that every time you head the ball there is a possibility of damaging your brain but it's just one of those things you need to accept in life, like crossing a street and the potential of being hit by a car.
As for the Concussion substitutes, I think this will quickly be abused within the game. Already we have players who haven't even been touched or maybe lightly touched on the head going to the floor and not moving to get the game stopped which is seriously messing with the flow of games. And to say the other team can make a substitution at the same time is just silly. it's doesn't even anything up. I think if a player is substituted for concussion he should then have to miss the next game or two. If it's really that bad then the player should be checked out properly.
Football is becoming a more and more non-contact sport. It's already a very different game to the one I grew up with in the 60's and 70's. I still like it but it's not the same. The removal of heading would make the game similar to the indoor 5 a side we used to play as kids.
Personally I think heading the ball is an important part of the game. To ban heading will make football a different sport altogether. It's possible to do but it'll be a radical change. I am quite sure that every time you head the ball there is a possibility of damaging your brain but it's just one of those things you need to accept in life, like crossing a street and the potential of being hit by a car.
As for the Concussion substitutes, I think this will quickly be abused within the game. Already we have players who haven't even been touched or maybe lightly touched on the head going to the floor and not moving to get the game stopped which is seriously messing with the flow of games. And to say the other team can make a substitution at the same time is just silly. it's doesn't even anything up. I think if a player is substituted for concussion he should then have to miss the next game or two. If it's really that bad then the player should be checked out properly.
Football is becoming a more and more non-contact sport. It's already a very different game to the one I grew up with in the 60's and 70's. I still like it but it's not the same. The removal of heading would make the game similar to the indoor 5 a side we used to play as kids.