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magicrat

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magicrat Grand Master

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Why don't they just fuck off, stick to playing rounders and teaching their kids to play with machine guns.

Mind you it does explain why John Terry has the IQ of a snail.

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28961233

 

A group of young American footballers and their parents have sued Fifa and US football groups over the risks from concussions.

The California class-action lawsuit accuses the sport's governing bodies of acting "carelessly and negligently" and failing to protect young players.

The filing also calls for new safety rules, including limiting the number of headers for young players,

The US collegiate sports authority settled a similar suit last month.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) agreed to toughen rules over how long players have to rest after a head injury, and to create a multi-million dollar fund to test athletes for brain trauma.

The Fifa suit, filed by two former youth football players and parents of current young players, does not seek monetary damages, but calls for a medical monitoring programme for those who played football as children and young adults and may have suffered concussions.

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Jumping on the back of the NFL/NCAA cases from the last couple of years.

 

 

I do agree that more needs done with head injuries though. Far too often players play on through concussions and play again a couple of days later

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you must of missed this part of the suit.

 

The Fifa suit, filed by two former youth football players and parents of current young players, does not seek monetary damages, but calls for a medical monitoring programme for those who played football as children and young adults and may have suffered concussions.

 

That to me makes sense, head injuries from sports are getting more attention now after what would appear years of neglect.

 

well worth a watch to see the effects of a significant head injury.

 

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With kids it is probably a good idea to introduce a quota, say allow them to head the ball twice in a game and a third header would mean an automatic yellow card and then any more headers the ref would pull a Colt 45 out of his nicks and scream 'DOWNONTHEGROUND!!DOWNONTHEMUTHAFUCKINGROUND.NOW!!' and the linesmen would come running on in helmets and beat the shit out of the little delinquent.

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If it wasn't the Americans, they'd be speaking german in Europe including the english villages. But that wouldn't be a problem because the english are a german tribe.

 

The Americans tried to save my country too, but they failed and look the results now, total anarchy, pirates everywhere etc... We have become a joke.

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If it wasn't the Americans, they'd be speaking german in Europe including the english villages. But that wouldn't be a problem because the english are a german tribe.

 

The Americans tried to save my country too, but they failed and look the results now, total anarchy, pirates everywhere etc... We have become a joke.

Sounds like you're living the American dream.

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If it wasn't the Americans, they'd be speaking german in Europe including the english villages. But that wouldn't be a problem because the english are a german tribe.

 

The Americans tried to save my country too, but they failed and look the results now, total anarchy, pirates everywhere etc... We have become a joke.

Captain Twat Sparrow.

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If it wasn't the Americans, they'd be speaking german in Europe including the english villages. But that wouldn't be a problem because the english are a german tribe.

 

The Americans tried to save my country too, but they failed and look the results now, total anarchy, pirates everywhere etc... We have become a joke.

 

You're lucky, at least The Black Pearl got you as far as Scotland.

 

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If it wasn't the Americans, they'd be speaking german in Europe including the english villages. But that wouldn't be a problem because the english are a german tribe.

 

The Americans tried to save my country too, but they failed and look the results now, total anarchy, pirates everywhere etc... We have become a joke.

 

Wouldn't have hurt if any of you chipped in there in saving your own country? Hear it's a lovely shithole this time of year

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