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The men competing in the National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB) are some of the most elite athletes in the world. But their death rates differ markedly, a new study of thousands of former pro athletes has found. Former pro football players had a higher overall death rate than baseball veterans and were felled by cardiovascular disease and neurodegenerative illnesses at strikingly higher rates than their MLB peers. On average, the football players died 7 years earlier than MLB players, the research found.
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The 517 former NFL players who died during that 35-year period did so at an average age of 59.6 years; the baseball players at 66.7 years. By far the largest cause of death for the football players was heart disease: It was listed as a cause of death for 498 of the 517 NFL players surveyed. By contrast, brain disease contributed to just 39 of those deaths. Among the former MLB players, there were 431 deaths, with heart disease listed as a cause in 225 of them and neurodegenerative disease in 16.
Data analysis.
Hmm, could it be sublimated guilt over their mistreatment of nerds in high school?
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Monday May 27 2019, @09:26PM
I quite enjoy your American Football and I have often wondered what sort of game it would be if the teams were allowed only a limited number of substitutions per match.
So, 11 players on the field, and 4 (or 6 maybe) substitutes. If someone is subbed off, they can't come back on. No offensive teams and defensive teams, the eleven players on the field play both sides of the ball. (Is that the right term?)
Also ditch the helmets and pads, which would go a long way towards reducing concussions.
Not that my proposal would be popular, because the result would be a completely different game I would think. No fat blokes for a start.