On Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:03:56 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 2/2/2013 2:07 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:01:35 -0500, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> Yep. The do crash together. They are big. They are in good physical
> >> condition. They train. They warm up for practices and games. They wear
> >> helmets, face guards, mouth guards, shoulder pads, kidney pads, thigh
> >> pads, shin pads, nut cups and more.
> >
> > Studies show that they sustain more brain injuries and on average have
> > a life span that is 20 years less than the average American male's
> > life expectancy.
> >
> Players have also gotten increasingly larger over the years. Many
> football players could be considered clinically obese.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/c4aa49q
>
I don't need to read about it. I have two eyes that tell me
linebackers are fat! Obese or not, brain injuries are still a
serious problem among football players.

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