FA to phase out heading in grassroots football

[Ravishing Rick Rude]

What the fuck.

All because a few footballs have died of dementia and Alzheimers over the last few years and there's links that heading a ball has detrimental effects on players brains.

My Nanna and Granddad both died with the above and they weren't footballers.
I see a lot of people in care homes that weren't footballers who are affected by Dementia or Alzheimers.


How the fuck does phasing out heading work in a real game?

[Redcar Belgrade]

I'm no neurologist, but, instinctively, it feels like repeated head impacts as a child must have some overall detrimental effect on cognitive function.

However, there is a growing body of research which indicates this may not be the case. A caveat is that, as this is a relatively new focus, there has been limited/no opportunity to study long term impact.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=heading+football&oq=heading+foot#d=gs_qabs&t=1715946106768&u=%23p%3DceUbyRdYO2sJ

Like I said, I'm no expert.

[newyddion]

I think the Dutch were the first to do this.. based on medical knowledge, data and research. There is a huge issue in American Football that has been rumbling on over the years.. improvements to headgear have alleviated wholesale changes to the game for now. Boxing has been a huge target for a number of years with calls to introduce headgear and even to ban boxing all together.

They don't ever seem to mention Rugby tho..

[Redsteel (Moderator)]

All bollocks, they'll probably ban it on the Play Station also, the crusty fucking tossers