Congress to look into football related concussions
I think this and the whole steroids debate in baseball bring up an interesting debate. I am a huge sports fan, and obviously I want baseball to be steroid free and hate seeing football players going down with concussions. But there seems to be a debate on whether or not the government should step in and tell sports leagues how to run their leagues and teams. Should Congress be able to change things in sports and if the economy is a mess. And if there is the War on Terror going on, 14.2 percent or whatever it is now jobless rate, and so may other issues going on, should they be taking a day to talk about sports?
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I say congress outlaw any sports which require players to be on their feet (except golf, water polo, and croquette). All other sports must be played from the sitting position so as to mitigate the risks of physical injury....
But seriously, I see where they are coming from, especially when they reference the NFL. It's getting dangerous out there on the field (any field Clay Matthews is on anyway...). But, let's look into boxing, wrestling, and ultimate fighting first. I feel like concussion injury issues are a little more pressing in those sports.
I think there are already obvious examples of how head trauma CAN not necessarily ALWAYS DOES effect brain functioning later in life.
In all seriousness look at Muhammad Ali for one example of how long this problem may have been relevant - yet we are just beginning to examine its impact in 2010...
I love violent and competetive sports like football, UFC, hockey, boxing etc. I think there is just a systemic risk of traumatic head injurty inherent in participating.
Frankly, although I dont wish a lifelong detriment to brain fuction on ayone, I think some/most/all of my attraction to these sports is the inherent violence and risk.
Does a viable solution exist or is the best we can hope for a middleground where its possible to mitigate the risk as much as possible?
Perhaps I misunderstood the article, but in my understanding Congress is not trying to run any national sports leagues, but to introduce legislation for public schools. This legislation is about protecting students, not micro-managing privately owned teams and with 300,000 injuries a year (and like the article says, most probably not being reported) then yes, I do think this is a very legitimate way for congress to spend some time.
I just don't think this issue is prominent enough to warrant legislation. Congress has more important things to worry about, and government gets involved in people's lives more then is necessary these days as it is.
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