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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis 4d

Also, the physical harms that football causes have been baked into the sport basically since inception. The risk of death was considered the cost of being a man. Helmets were not originally designed to stop concussions. They were to stop skull fractures.

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 4d

There's also a growing shift in who lets their kids play football. Football enrollment is declining in blue states but not in red states. For a lot of people football seems like the only way out of a shitty situation.

99percentinvisible.org
The Problem With Football Helmets - 99% Invisible
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis 4d

The second to last time I went snowboarding I wiped out so hard my head hit the ground and I heard the "boing" sound in my head (this is before helmets were normal). I didn't have any concussion symptoms but the next week I made myself do one run and have never been able to since.

Jimmy Hendricks @jimismash.bsky.social · 4d

I'm the subject of a VA study on tbi/cte. They had a hard time finding male veteran control cases (no significant head trauma) because so many of us have exposure from high school (or lower) sports and general dumbassery. I'm still not sure if I'm control case or not.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis 4d

He was probably diagnosed with something, but CTE can only be confirmed after death via autopsy

Lana Kane’s Boots @jmadmoxie.bsky.social · 4d

A hs friend committed suicide last year. We were all shocked because he’d always been so strong and inspirational, executive director of a non-profit, full of life. We found out he was diagnosed with stage 3 CTE and was on the brink of dementia at 46. Played football all through hs/college. Tragic.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis 4d

Cheer up: the NHL Is just as shitty.

alphacharliebravo @alphacharliebravo.bsky.social · 4d

Watched this recently on this topic:

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Debunking the NFL's CTE "Cover-Up" — with Brain Science | PTFO
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis 4d

There's also a growing shift in who lets their kids play football. Football enrollment is declining in blue states but not in red states. For a lot of people football seems like the only way out of a shitty situation.

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 4d

I was listening to a recent 99 Percent Invisible podcast on football helmets and CTE and the big thing is over a million children play football and most of them will never make it to the NFL, but many will have CTE or other related illnesses. They also can't consent

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