Re: RD 19 | Hull KR (H) : Fri Jul 14, 2023 6:15 pm  

Problem is if the stats show the new rules reduce concussions…

Pretty hard to watch

Re: RD 19 | Hull KR (H) : Fri Jul 14, 2023 6:19 pm  

Why not introduce headguards for every player instead of this other rule that will kill the game?
I don`t mean the ones the American Footballers use but something similar maybe more durable to the one Johnny Lomax wears.
Surely that offers more protection.

Re: RD 19 | Hull KR (H) : Fri Jul 14, 2023 6:26 pm  

Leeds by 14. I was expecting odds to be by a score (As in 1-6 not 20).

Re: RD 19 | Hull KR (H) : Fri Jul 14, 2023 6:43 pm  

KaeruJim wrote:

Problem is if the stats show the new rules reduce concussions…

Pretty hard to watch

When are they going to stop boxers punching their opponent in the head, that's what I find mystifying about the whole concussion conversation in sport.

Re: RD 19 | Hull KR (H) : Fri Jul 14, 2023 6:44 pm  

chapylad wrote:

Why not introduce headguards for every player instead of this other rule that will kill the game?
I don`t mean the ones the American Footballers use but something similar maybe more durable to the one Johnny Lomax wears.
Surely that offers more protection.

Head guards offer no protection from concussion.

Concussion occurs from your brain jolting around in your skull.

Lomax suffered a fractured skull when he was younger, that’s why he wears it, even tho you could probably fracture your skull while wearing it but it offers some padding

Scrum caps are designed for union forwards when in the scrum, mainly for to prevent friction issues

Re: RD 19 | Hull KR (H) : Fri Jul 14, 2023 6:52 pm  

Seth wrote:

When are they going to stop boxers punching their opponent in the head, that's what I find mystifying about the whole concussion conversation in sport.

Contact with the head is legal in boxing, it's not legal in RL. Retired boxers aren't suing the governing bodies en masse and driving insurance costs up though.

Re: RD 19 | Hull KR (H) : Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:00 pm  

they go on and on about dementia in football but the percentage of ex players getting dementia is only in line with rest of society. meanwhile MMA and boxing, as seth states, aren't spoken about. I find it rather odd

Re: RD 19 | Hull KR (H) : Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:08 pm  

They have made a lot of changes in boxing to make it safer over the decades. They've reduced the number of rounds, made gloves thicker and softer, they've reduced the the threshold in which a ref can stop a fight, they've introduced doctor stoppages, and they've introduced a minimum rest period for a fighter if he gets knocked out, and made medical personnel compulsory at ringside at every fight.

Re: RD 19 | Hull KR (H) : Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:10 pm  

Quick try fir KR

Re: RD 19 | Hull KR (H) : Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:19 pm  

Having to listen to radio Humberside. The horror