I have more beef with the sport than the fans. It’s hella dangerous for people involved, and people rarely come out of it without permanent injuries or health problems. But the average fan is distanced from that part and don’t think about it as much.
I have about as much regard for a football fan as someone who enjoyed the Roman coliseum and seeing slaves get mauled by tigers. It’s the modern equivelant
I’d have to go back and look at the exact statistic, but IIRC it’s something like football had more deaths on the field in the last decade than all combat sports combined for the last 100 years. Like your son is more likely to die playing high school football than he is getting deliberately punched/kicked in the head (not that minors should be doing combat sports).
on top of that, bareknuckle boxing is safer than with the big gloves because you’ll break your hand pretty fast trying to give the other guy a concussion so they don’t do that. not sure about small glove like mma, there are other injury issues with it and some of them allow worse blows to the head but part of the issue with boxing is the repeated small blows building up.
Also hate for most average fans tbh, football shouldn’t exist
I have more beef with the sport than the fans. It’s hella dangerous for people involved, and people rarely come out of it without permanent injuries or health problems. But the average fan is distanced from that part and don’t think about it as much.
I have about as much regard for a football fan as someone who enjoyed the Roman coliseum and seeing slaves get mauled by tigers. It’s the modern equivelant
I feel that more about fighting sports. MMA and boxing can get really brutal, and I can’t watch them.
I’d have to go back and look at the exact statistic, but IIRC it’s something like football had more deaths on the field in the last decade than all combat sports combined for the last 100 years. Like your son is more likely to die playing high school football than he is getting deliberately punched/kicked in the head (not that minors should be doing combat sports).
Oh wow. That is quite disturbing. Yeah, fuck football.
on top of that, bareknuckle boxing is safer than with the big gloves because you’ll break your hand pretty fast trying to give the other guy a concussion so they don’t do that. not sure about small glove like mma, there are other injury issues with it and some of them allow worse blows to the head but part of the issue with boxing is the repeated small blows building up.