Enjoyment from watching others get hurt, and sociopathy

[J a c k]

What? Why? Under what basis would they get banned? Some people don’t like to watch? Then don’t watch.

What they are learning about CTE, Jack, is that it is not the BIG HIT that is the problem but rather the repeated 'sub-concussive' hits.  Remember, it is not just the bouts at the Olympics.  How many rounds do these guys spend in the ring with sparring partners getting ready?  Each rap on the head is a 'sub-concussive blow.'   In one sense boxers have it better than football and hockey players.  The boxer who throws a punch does not suffer any impact.  In the other sports the hitter gets as much impact as the hittee.  And then when they fall to the turf or ice they get a second bounce for their trouble.

At present, of 112 former football players brains which have been examined 111 showed signs of CTE.  In the case of Aaron Hernandez who killed himself in prison he had  the brain of a man in his 60's even though he was only 27.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/sport....html?_r=0

There is an impact to these sports.  And what of all the kids who play and never make it to the pros or the Olympics?

There’s always going to be risk in sports. One way or another, they can get hurt. They know what they’re signing up for. For me it’s all about choice. If they want it, why can’t they?

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But I digressed. Don’t want to derail CL’s thread.