[deleted] t1_izp8is4 wrote
Reply to comment by dotnetdotcom in NFL players, especially former linemen, had fewer disease-free years and earlier high blood pressure and diabetes diagnoses. Two age-related diseases, arthritis and dementia, were also more commonly found in former football players than in other men of the same age. by Wagamaga
I can see you think in very simple black and white terms.
What I want are healthier sports all around, ones where kids are going to be in as healthy of a shape than they can reasonably be. Soccer has this keen advantage over Football. At the end of the day, 99.99% of kids don’t go professional in sports. That’s a lot of lineman who are now overweight, sitting on the couch, and a heart attack waiting to happen. Tens of thousands of families lose a father early, which leads to even more untold suffering. The amount of decisions we make that influence our health/environment are innumerable—and while this is only one example, even this affects the world around more than might think at first glance.
TLDR: A healthier world is a better world; choose futbol not football.
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