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is going anywhere. Everybody should recognize truth in what the president said regarding football. CTE is real and needs to be addressed. If I had a son I cannot say with certainty that he would be allowed to play football. The cases in the news are only the NFL players. There is no telling how many high school and college players may have some form of CTE.

In fairness, there also needs to be some definitive linkage between CTE and mental illness that clearly eliminates the possibility of baseline mental illness prior to the repeated head trauma. In the meantime, I would not take the chance with my son. Even TV announcers are discussing the ethical dilemma of being a football fan and a recognition of what it is that we are supporting as fans.

I don't know the answer, but I sure have a hard time reconciling my love of Clemson football and knowing the potential results of the repeated head trauma to the same players I am cheering on.

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Yes, and all have been heavily regulated. Go watch some

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youtube footage of historical fatal racing wrecks. They weld front doors shut because it was demoralizing having racers die when they got t-boned and had the sides of the car collapse; they put nets in place of front windows because they didn't want to see Richard Petty get dragged half-way out of his car again, upside down; they stopped letting drivers modify actual stock cars because it was bad for the sport to have the front half of Don McTavish's car get stripped completely off, and then for a live ABC audience to watch a probably dead McTavish take a literal face-on, fully exposed hit from another driver coming out of a turn at 200 miles an hour; they required safety helmets because some idiot used to drive without one until he hit a wall and had his head slam into it, killing him instantly. And if you want to see real fun, watching Richard Petty's dad and a couple of other cars literally go over a retaining fence on one of the old tracks and wind up down an embankment. There are lots and lots and lots of things that NASCAR and other racing organizations have managed to do via regulation that doesn't stop people from enjoying the races but that do tend to prevent people from burning up in gas fires, trapped in their vehicles, or turned into hamburger meat after having their exposed cabin get dragged along a fence by another driver.

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I question his committment to the upholding the Constitution***

but, he swore an oath, on a ...Bible. ... Ooh.***

Hmm, no guns, no football...he's on a roll....***

I am trying to find the link between your two "paragraphs"***

Maybe the absence of NFL players would mean less to be

That would be errant and hyperbole. Nobody thinks football

I know what you mean...it is definitely a dangerous sport

Yes, and all have been heavily regulated. Go watch some

Re: That would be errant and hyperbole. Nobody thinks football

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President plans to ban the use of the word gunners on

His next agenda policy.... LOL,,Can TIGER NATION boo

Take the politics to the political board***

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Hey, dimwit - he's right.

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this is about steroids but

Re: President questions safety of football---LOL

I Would Have Guessed He Cared More About The Kenyan

Hypocritter:

This is NOT an issue for the President of the United States

Re: This is NOT an issue for the President of the United States

His drone strikes and unconstitutional wars are dangerous

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