US Soccer Using "Foreigners"

I don't like it, but I tend to keep it to myself.

The only time I go out of my way to say it sucks is when I hear parents talking about how great it is while acting like football is barbaric and baseball is the devil.

 

It's obviously not as physical as football, but the concussion people are coming for it, too.

 

My hometown may make your's seem like a metropolitan city

 

They shop at Whole Foods.*

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*though I do thoroughly dislike baseball, as has been discussed at length.

 

Back in the 1950s it sort of was.* I didn't grow up in the 1950s, though.

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*Now it's dying a slow death. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluefield,_West_Virginia

 

Are they? For God's sake, they need to quit. Kids will hit their heads.

 

Mine had a sign attached to the "Welcome to...." up until early 70's/late 60's that said "don't let the sun set on your black ass here"

 

The repeated hits from dribbling a ball off your head when you're a child apparently can cause brain injuries at that age with lasting effects.


You guys act like they're making this stuff up.

 

Jesus

 

My son's u-9 team almost never headed the ball. Like, ever. The ball was just never up in the air enough to do it.

 

I have a 4 year old and a 1 year old. I don't want them to have concussions, but I don't feel the need to put them in bubble wrap either.

 

Told ya

 

I mean, maybe this is totally different, but people are freaking out about all this stuff, and then putting their 16 year olds behind the wheel of a car

 

Yep. That seems a lot more dangerous than a soccer ball.

 

My Freshman year roommate at ETSU was from Bluefield. I went home with him once. I never went back.

 

Yup. Countries that aren't rich are going to waste money on something that will generate no interest.

 

Relative to revenue, the women make a lot more.

 

Big time problem in women's tennis.

http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-comme...hard-casey-dellacqua-concussions-women-tennis

 

Yes, it's totally different and a terrible argument.

 

You're really cosigning that tripe?

If you're banging your head in a vehicle, it means you probably banged it against the windshield, which means a concussion is the least of your concerns because you're dead.

Moreover, it stands to reason that humans should have evolved in a manner such that an occasional bang to the head doesn't cause long term health concerns. However, I don't believe our evolution provided us with the ability to withstand repeated, frequent bangs to the head. I don't know that the soccer header impact is that significant, but maybe it is, and if it is and it's happening frquently* then it's absolutely more of a cause for concern for later dame brannage than driving a car.


*though I do agree with Norris' point about youth soccer