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<blockquote data-quote="Saintjay" data-source="post: 512064" data-attributes="member: 55969"><p>The documentry "Head Games" is worth watching. It is about the amount of brain injuries in U.S college football. Lots of the film talks about how the players are taking hugh knocks and being told to dust off and get back out onto the field. Even with helmets the damage the players and coaching is causing is pretty horible. </p><p></p><p>I am not sure how up to date this is but you had about 2000 ex-NFL players lawsuits pending because of the risk of dementia etc. The players were never made aware of the risks and just told to play on. It would not surprise me that the pending legal action may have made the IRB sit up and take notice before it finds it-self in the same boat. I am not surprised to hear similar tales of rugby players just getting on with it despite the possible problems in later life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Saintjay, post: 512064, member: 55969"] The documentry "Head Games" is worth watching. It is about the amount of brain injuries in U.S college football. Lots of the film talks about how the players are taking hugh knocks and being told to dust off and get back out onto the field. Even with helmets the damage the players and coaching is causing is pretty horible. I am not sure how up to date this is but you had about 2000 ex-NFL players lawsuits pending because of the risk of dementia etc. The players were never made aware of the risks and just told to play on. It would not surprise me that the pending legal action may have made the IRB sit up and take notice before it finds it-self in the same boat. I am not surprised to hear similar tales of rugby players just getting on with it despite the possible problems in later life. [/QUOTE]
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