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How many times of being hit in the head is ok? Obviously one wrong hit in the head can lead to death. Is there any acceptable level of being hit in the head?
by blunte 5y ago
How many times of being hit in the head is ok? Obviously one wrong hit in the head can lead to death. Is there any acceptable level of being hit in the head?
Why this is even a debate is boggling to me.
- rory 5y agoI actually don't think it was primarily caused by hits to the head. Every collision (including tackles and scrums) "rattles" the head in a way that causes pain, and presumably damage, over time.
- blunte 5y agoOk, forgive me for being imprecise in my language :). Any willful activity that harms the brain should be considered carefully before undertaking. This would include drinking alcohol as well (something which many of us willfully choose).
- unyttigfjelltol 5y agoOne wrong step, sneeze, or meal can lead to death. People compete in sport not to get hit in the head, but for other benefits which are legion, just as people become sedentary doing desk jobs not in hopes of suffering ill health from doing no physical activity, but again because their focus is elsewhere.
- JohnJamesRambo 5y agoThere are lots of sports that don't involve being hit in the head, people can do those instead.
- exporectomy 5y agoTo play a safer sport in a rugby country can make you a "faggot". The entire thing is a social construct after-all. You can't just swap it with something else without heavy-handed government or generations of social change.