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Okay, I am by my own admission a bit “old school” and I have seen a lot of changes in my time with regards as to what people think is right or wrong and subsequently acceptable or not acceptable.
I am creating this thread to give people the opportunity to give their views on things that have either changed or are likely to be changed and whether you agree or disagree and is it always for the better?
The subjects can literally be about anything but discretion is key. I don’t want it to become a thread full of personal attacks, more about debates that have strong arguments for and against and which side of the fence you are on.
I have quite a few for discussion but I will start with this one.
Banning heading in football.
For sometime now we have seen this topic at the fore of discussions around sport and the way the world is nowadays there is a likelihood that some measures to reduce heading or do away with it completely could be introduced. This is of course in conjuthe growing concern that it can lead to dementia.
I can see both sides, don’t get me wrong but if I was on a panel and could cast a vote, I would vote to keep heading in football.
Why? Well it’s got nothing to do with spoiling a tradition or anything of that nature. More to do with occupational hazard.
Pretty much every job comes with some form of occupational hazard, whether it be stress from jobs like Banking or Teaching to long term health problems from working with chemicals to arthritis from working in severe weather conditions and so on.
My point being that because football is a “high profile” occupation, more people are aware of any controversy surrounding it. There are just as many illnesses associated with other occupations that people will be oblivious to.
Occupation is generally a personal choice nowadays, thankfully. Back in the 50’s and 60’s, this was less so. Yes it’s sad that some of these footballing heroes of yesteryear are dying from something that has been linked with their profession but how many others are dying from theirs such as miners and “black lung”?
Because that is seen as a job that is not high profile it’s an accepted hazard and consequently brushed under the carpet but it doesn’t mean that should be the case.
The other problem is, where does this all stop? Surely if there is a case for heading to be banned then Boxing should be banned tomorrow.
As I have said, it’s sad that these people are dying but if all this had been known at the time, I don’t think many would have chosen a different occupation instead.
I still think that stands today, even with the information we now have. Give a kid the option of playing football (with heading) for a living and having a lifestyle most can only dream of but with a chance you could die at 70 or stacking shelves at the supermarket for 50 years and struggle to survive but POSSIBLY live to be 80, which would you choose?
N.B. This post is not intended to offend anyone who has been personally affected by this subject. It is merely an alternative way of looking at it.
I am creating this thread to give people the opportunity to give their views on things that have either changed or are likely to be changed and whether you agree or disagree and is it always for the better?
The subjects can literally be about anything but discretion is key. I don’t want it to become a thread full of personal attacks, more about debates that have strong arguments for and against and which side of the fence you are on.
I have quite a few for discussion but I will start with this one.
Banning heading in football.
For sometime now we have seen this topic at the fore of discussions around sport and the way the world is nowadays there is a likelihood that some measures to reduce heading or do away with it completely could be introduced. This is of course in conjuthe growing concern that it can lead to dementia.
I can see both sides, don’t get me wrong but if I was on a panel and could cast a vote, I would vote to keep heading in football.
Why? Well it’s got nothing to do with spoiling a tradition or anything of that nature. More to do with occupational hazard.
Pretty much every job comes with some form of occupational hazard, whether it be stress from jobs like Banking or Teaching to long term health problems from working with chemicals to arthritis from working in severe weather conditions and so on.
My point being that because football is a “high profile” occupation, more people are aware of any controversy surrounding it. There are just as many illnesses associated with other occupations that people will be oblivious to.
Occupation is generally a personal choice nowadays, thankfully. Back in the 50’s and 60’s, this was less so. Yes it’s sad that some of these footballing heroes of yesteryear are dying from something that has been linked with their profession but how many others are dying from theirs such as miners and “black lung”?
Because that is seen as a job that is not high profile it’s an accepted hazard and consequently brushed under the carpet but it doesn’t mean that should be the case.
The other problem is, where does this all stop? Surely if there is a case for heading to be banned then Boxing should be banned tomorrow.
As I have said, it’s sad that these people are dying but if all this had been known at the time, I don’t think many would have chosen a different occupation instead.
I still think that stands today, even with the information we now have. Give a kid the option of playing football (with heading) for a living and having a lifestyle most can only dream of but with a chance you could die at 70 or stacking shelves at the supermarket for 50 years and struggle to survive but POSSIBLY live to be 80, which would you choose?
N.B. This post is not intended to offend anyone who has been personally affected by this subject. It is merely an alternative way of looking at it.