03-17-2016, 03:34 PM
davester wrote:
[quote=M A V I C]
What about boxing?
Boxing is a huge problem too, although the number of participants, and therefore victims, is vastly fewer than the number of football players.
There's about 1700 NFL players in a given season. There's over 2900 professional boxers in the US who've fought in the last 12 months. 90% of boxers suffer brain injuries. This is not surprising, as the main goal in boxing is to knock someone out.
Of course, those numbers don't account for college & high school, or non-professional boxers, those in training or any MMA or martial arts.
I think the number of participants is debatable. But boxing has a much higher rate of head injury. But everyone is upset at the NFL?