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<blockquote data-quote="dasNdanger" data-source="post: 707686" data-attributes="member: 61962"><p>Scrum caps do nothing to protect the brain (they're pretty much only good for keeping ears attached to the head). Most of the bad head knocks I've seen have occurred either between fellow teammates who aren't paying attention to where they are going and run into each other, or when a head just gets in a bad position in a tackle. Not sure there's much that can be done about either scenario (apart from slowing the game down to a crawl). </p><p></p><p>I do think one very important aspect of head injury is to prevent it in younger players. This may mean softening the game a bit for children (not sure if this is already done, or not). And never, ever make a child play who may have had a head injury - perhaps even keeping them out of the game for a longer period of recovery than is given an adult. The earlier the head injury, the more permanent damage seems to be done. </p><p></p><p></p><p>das</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dasNdanger, post: 707686, member: 61962"] Scrum caps do nothing to protect the brain (they're pretty much only good for keeping ears attached to the head). Most of the bad head knocks I've seen have occurred either between fellow teammates who aren't paying attention to where they are going and run into each other, or when a head just gets in a bad position in a tackle. Not sure there's much that can be done about either scenario (apart from slowing the game down to a crawl). I do think one very important aspect of head injury is to prevent it in younger players. This may mean softening the game a bit for children (not sure if this is already done, or not). And never, ever make a child play who may have had a head injury - perhaps even keeping them out of the game for a longer period of recovery than is given an adult. The earlier the head injury, the more permanent damage seems to be done. das [/QUOTE]
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