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[deleted] t1_izn8fu5 wrote

This is why I’m not a big fan of Football. Besides head injuries, when half the team is incentivized to be unhealthier in order to play a certain position at a high level, I just can’t get behind that.

Soccer is why better for general health, and kids wouldbe better off playing that cot long term health than Football.

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Yotsubato t1_iznvbew wrote

I’m a radiologist, I’ve seen too many pediatric knee and hip MRIs with serious ligamentous and meniscal injuries related to soccer. Many of these are permanent and “career” ending.

Competitive sports in general are not healthy for the body. Mild aerobic exercise (preferably swimming and cycling) and weight training is where it’s at.

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[deleted] t1_izp90co wrote

This is true. Crosstraining gym/swimming/running/some climbing/yoga seems like a great recipe instead. Too much of any one movement is gonna create big imbalances over time.

Soccer might have some joint issues, knee problems, but I’d still be willing to bet it’s a lot healthier than football because football has all of those too, without the really poor cardio shape of 40% of the team.

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Yotsubato t1_izpg7c4 wrote

As far as cardiac health and overall health, yes the soccer players have it better. But those knee injuries can lead to a spiral down to obesity/inactivity.

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nahtorreyous t1_izno4hl wrote

>Soccer is why better for general health, and kids wouldbe better off playing that cot long term health than Football.

Look up soccer, hip injuries and CTE. You might be surprised.

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[deleted] t1_izpbge6 wrote

I have no doubt a lot of injuries exist, but I’d imagine football has a lot of these too. And the longer term health problems from football are more of the insidious and difficult to pinpoint variety. I would imagine worse cardio and worse brain health.

Every soccer player I know that had injuries still is in good shape in their 50s and 60s, even if they have to do low impact exercise now. Can’t say the same for many football players.

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dotnetdotcom t1_izndg02 wrote

If you're worried about injuries, skip sports altogether and take up the piano.

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[deleted] t1_izp8is4 wrote

I can see you think in very simple black and white terms.

What I want are healthier sports all around, ones where kids are going to be in as healthy of a shape than they can reasonably be. Soccer has this keen advantage over Football. At the end of the day, 99.99% of kids don’t go professional in sports. That’s a lot of lineman who are now overweight, sitting on the couch, and a heart attack waiting to happen. Tens of thousands of families lose a father early, which leads to even more untold suffering. The amount of decisions we make that influence our health/environment are innumerable—and while this is only one example, even this affects the world around more than might think at first glance.

TLDR: A healthier world is a better world; choose futbol not football.

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