08-24-2020, 08:55 PM
(08-24-2020, 08:28 PM)BostonCard Wrote: There is a line somewhere; the problem is that we don't know which side of it we will wind up.
BC
you might, or might not, be able to estimate the location of the line from the early 1900s when football deaths were deemed a problem, scaling for larger participation today
Quote:The Chicago Tribune reported that in 1904 alone, there were 18 football deaths and 159 serious injuries, mostly among prep school players.
In what the Chicago Tribune referred to as a “death harvest,” the 1905 football season resulted in 19 player deaths and 137 serious injuries
https://www.history.com/news/how-teddy-r...d-football
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
