Okay - Interesting thought

[Minimalist]

http://www.heritagedaily.com/2016/03/did...ers/109918

Did Henry VIII suffer same brain injury as some NFL players?

Henry VIII may have suffered repeated traumatic brain injuries similar to those experienced by football players and others who receive repeated blows to the head, according to research by a Yale University expert in cognitive neurology.

[Ryantology]

Henry was actually a rather lousy left guard, as he lacked the tools to successfully stop speedy outside pass rushers, and an even halfway decent linebacker in the 3-4 could use him as a turnstile. It wasn't until he was moved to center, where he was faced with less speed and could thus rely on being a vast, immovable bulk guarding the interior and decapitating DTs to rip open running lanes for power runs, that he really started to thrive on the OL.

[Angrboda]

Their findings confirm conjecture by some historians that jousting injuries caused later health and behavioral problems.

Boys will be boys...

[Minimalist]

I've been following the NFL concussion story with great interest elsewhere and there is something to be said about boys roughhousing and later criminal activity.  CTE was only detected around 2005 and already there is some study being given to girls playing soccer and heading the ball.  Heading the ball is a sub-concussive impact and something the human head was not supposed to be used for.  It will be interesting to see if studies show that girls who play soccer start to have behavioral problems like boys.

http://www.today.com/parents/no-more-hea...cer-t54971

The days of kids 10 years old or younger heading the ball in a soccer game or practice are over.

In resolving a class-action lawsuit regarding the large number of concussions in the sport, the U.S. Soccer Federation has issued new guidelines either banning or limiting players heading the ball depending on their age. Children 10 years or under will no longer be allowed to head the ball in practice or games, while players ages 11 to 13 will only be allowed to do it during practice, not games.

Someone is paying attention...

[vorlon13]

Damn, time to sell my shares of stock in Amalgamated Drool Cups, Incorporated.

[abaris]

Henry VIII suffered from a lot of things according to doctors having looked into what his contemporaries said about him. Most likely diabetes, since he was a glutton and syphilis. This all according to the doctors treating him back then. If you want to call 16th century medicine treatment that is. But they recorded the symptoms pretty accurately.

So I guess, brain injury was the least of his troubles. Syphillis would have driven him mad in any case.

[Exian]

Damn, time to sell my shares of stock in Amalgamated Drool Cups, Incorporated.

Nah, I have faith that you can find some other way to rebrand them.