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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 1096845" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>The governing bodies have acted, are acting, and will most likely continue to act.</p><p></p><p>Ultimately, there's only so much that can be done to make any contact sport safe; and beyond that, it's about consenting adults chosing to accept the risk.</p><p></p><p>20 years ago, we weren't doing enough, but we also didn't know what to do, because the risks weren't known, and there was no research to suggest what we SHOULD do - just opinions. Best available evidence was essentially non-existent for longer-term health implications.</p><p></p><p>Now we have reasonably good, early-stage evidence, and the laws, rues and guidelines reflect that, as does the educational outreach at all levels.</p><p>We'll know more in another 5 years, and do more accordingly. But to pretend that the sport is burying its head in the sand and ignoring the risk is either clickbait, or argument designed to bias a judgement.</p><p></p><p>This thread alone is 5 years old, and was more a catch-all for the seemingly dozens of previous threads on specific incidents or findings.</p><p>I've been having these discussions on fan forums like this for at least 15 years (I remember vehement arguments over Michale Lipman's repeated concussions and lengthy recovery, and Justin Harrison having to be pushed back towards the Bath team as he didn't know who he was playing for, and players from both teams shielding him from the medical staff - both left the club in 2009, before the cocaine incidents, Harrison was considered a hero for playing on, and Lipman was considered uncommitted for not returning sooner, much to my chagrin).</p><p>Bear in mind, the first case report of CTE was published in 2005, and was the first hard implication of chronic, long-term consequences of concussion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 1096845, member: 73592"] The governing bodies have acted, are acting, and will most likely continue to act. Ultimately, there's only so much that can be done to make any contact sport safe; and beyond that, it's about consenting adults chosing to accept the risk. 20 years ago, we weren't doing enough, but we also didn't know what to do, because the risks weren't known, and there was no research to suggest what we SHOULD do - just opinions. Best available evidence was essentially non-existent for longer-term health implications. Now we have reasonably good, early-stage evidence, and the laws, rues and guidelines reflect that, as does the educational outreach at all levels. We'll know more in another 5 years, and do more accordingly. But to pretend that the sport is burying its head in the sand and ignoring the risk is either clickbait, or argument designed to bias a judgement. This thread alone is 5 years old, and was more a catch-all for the seemingly dozens of previous threads on specific incidents or findings. I've been having these discussions on fan forums like this for at least 15 years (I remember vehement arguments over Michale Lipman's repeated concussions and lengthy recovery, and Justin Harrison having to be pushed back towards the Bath team as he didn't know who he was playing for, and players from both teams shielding him from the medical staff - both left the club in 2009, before the cocaine incidents, Harrison was considered a hero for playing on, and Lipman was considered uncommitted for not returning sooner, much to my chagrin). Bear in mind, the first case report of CTE was published in 2005, and was the first hard implication of chronic, long-term consequences of concussion. [/QUOTE]
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