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John H[_2_]

On Sun, 21 Jan 2018 22:51:58 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 21 Jan 2018 16:23:43 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Sun, 21 Jan 2018 12:55:30 -0800 (PST), Its Me wrote:

On Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 3:22:16 PM UTC-5, John H wrote:

Not quite. Apparently you've not watched a lot of rugby. Much different than soccer and much more
action than our football.

A co-worker's son was set to get a full-ride scholarship playing rugby. He was a star, and played on the "all star" team that played across the pond several times. He ended up hurting his knee and when it all shook out, it turned out he had been playing with a concussion for a year or so.

His "career" is now over, and after concussion rehab he's getting his academic and social capabilities back together, and going to college.

Sorry to hear about that. Injuries like that happen in soccer also, but not nearly as frequently as
with our style football. From what I've seen and read, the incidence of concussions among rugby
players is less than that of football players. Spinal injuries from the scrums is a big concern. Our
football doesn't have the scrums.

I heard once there are more injuries in girl's soccer than there are
in amateur football.

Now 'headers' are disallowed in most youth soccer.

https://www.today.com/parents/no-mor...-soccer-t54971