To be honest, I'm not really worried about it - at least given the era where they started doing a lot more testing with accelerometers and whatnot.
Before that, seeing a guy like Alex Kanellis have to medically retire because of all the concussions (from practice). Learning about Tyler Sash having CTE. Before all the testing ... I would be concerned about the toll things took. Mind you ... that wasn't a fault of the program as much as the natural violence of the game itself.
Anyhow, I'm happy with all the testing Iowa is doing, all the data they are gathering, and their intention to use data-driven ideas to make prudent and responsible decisions.
Something I’ve always wondered, and I wanted to address with somebody like you. Somebody thoughtful, that conceptualized things and really ran through it… You also seem to be a fairly kind, compassionate human beings.
With that said, I love football, college football in particular, but my attitude towards the game started changing about 10 or so years ago when an early season game between BYU and Hawaii resulted in three players being carted off in the first quarter!
Of my six kids I had two boys 6-5 240 then and 6-5 190 then and they were really good basketball players but they were homeschooled and I never tried to get them on the football team. My 20 year old 6-5 is still mad about it.
He was a tailor-made TE or defensive end, and he is a giant now… But my wife didn’t like it and I didn’t fight it!
It’s a violent game and although I like it, it is an absolutely violent game!!
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