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Soccer players suffer more concussions and they aren’t paid much. What do?
by wileydragonfly 2y ago
Soccer players suffer more concussions and they aren’t paid much.
What do?
- genocidicbunny 2y agoPersonally, I would be interested to see a type of soccer where you can only use the feet -- head and upper body contact would be disallowed. It won't be the same game, but it would be kind of fun to see how players would adapt to those rules. There would probably be quite a bit more acrobatics involved to handle the ball being in the air.
- Someone 2y agoI suspect disallowing all upper body contact would lead to more goals. Posting a defender on the goal line would be less effective. > There would probably be quite a bit more acrobatics involved to handle the ball being in the air. I think that could end up being disallowed, too because of the risk of feet hitting heads, especially inside the penalty area. Think of the body movements of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepak_takraw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepak_takraw but without the net separating teams.
- SecretDreams 2y agoDo you have hard stats on this? I play an unholy amount of soccer, moreso for fun, but most of my life. I've seldom seen any concussions. I'm confident they can and would happen, but I'd love to dive into the veracity of your claim. Especially over the lifetime of play, not just at the professional level. A lot of football (American) players get their concussions in early, like highschool and college.