Surprised there were no combat oriented sports other than wrestling in the video, boxing for example is sport where it is a guarantee and a goal to hit your opponent preferably knocking them unconscious. The same with MMA in which some brands a fight can be finished with a soccer style kick to the head. I would also like to see how choking or strangling a person unconscious can effect the brain. We know it can kill but how close to the line are some of these fights?
I've only seen the trailer but it seems that the movie focuses on sports that are largely practised by children or teens (the football player of the poster is clearly a child) and wrestling is only brought up for a comparison, like saying "see how these supposed harmless activities can be as hazardous as pro wrestling".
It focuses on children and adults, the entire spectrum. It asks the question about whether or not kids should play football when they aren't done developing physically yet. It brings up a lot of assertions but offers no easy pat answers.
shareThey kind of said the hard part is diagnosing these problems. They said most concussions don't get diagnosed. If you get hit hard enough to become dizzie but it clears up right away, this is still a concussion. But in most of these cases, the athletes just shake it off and continue playing.
The only time they can truly study the brain is when the person is dead and they cut into it.
I liked the film, and it shows that if a sport exists that makes billions of dollars, they need to spend a lot of these funds on prevention and pay for the athletes that have long term effects no matter how long after they retire it happens.