(07-13-2018 02:14 PM)CAJUNNATION Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 08:30 AM)arkstfan Wrote:  Someone (maybe Bearcat) a bit back posted a link to an article regarding a study that was suggestive of the idea that any running sport, especially involving sudden starts, stops, and turns causes some level of brain injury.

Correct. The brain injury comes from the brain smashing against the inner part of the skull. The more forcefully a skull in motion is stopped or a skull at rest is moved, the worse the injury will be when the brain and bone meet.

This injury can happen in any sport, to anybody, in any given time. In fact, it can and does happen to non-sports playing people every day as well.

This is part of being a human being.

The biggest incidence in football is in offensive linemen, not the people colliding at full speed. Its the constant collisions and banging of heads and hands and helmets. They may not get knocked out, but they do get concussions.