Very interesting article in todays AGE
Contact sports will 'cease to exist' within a generation:
www.theage.com.au/sport/nrl/contact-sports-will-cease-to-exist-within-a-generation-20190809-p52fpf.html
By Adrian Proszenko
August 11, 2019 — 12.00am
Pressed on how long before he envisioned the demise of contact sports such as rugby league, Omalu said: "It will take one generation. That means maybe by the time my generation passes away. The children being born today, with all that we know today now, I don't think they will embrace these violent sports the way we did
Contact sports will 'cease to exist' within a generation:
www.theage.com.au/sport/nrl/contact-sports-will-cease-to-exist-within-a-generation-20190809-p52fpf.html
August 11, 2019 — 12.00am
- Doctor Bennet Omalu, the medical pioneer who discovered the first cases of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in American footballers, predicts contact sports such as rugby league, rugby union and AFL will cease to exist within the space of a generation due to the health hazards associated with concussions.
Pressed on how long before he envisioned the demise of contact sports such as rugby league, Omalu said: "It will take one generation. That means maybe by the time my generation passes away. The children being born today, with all that we know today now, I don't think they will embrace these violent sports the way we did