12-03-2021, 08:42 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-03-2021, 08:43 AM by Rick Pumpkin.)
(12-03-2021, 07:58 AM)exgaffer Wrote: Seriously though, there are different forms of dementia and there is evidence that repeated blows to the head may be a factor in some cases.
I might be talking out of turn but isn't it about the damage to a specific area of the brain that links it to repeated heading of the ball? Quite rightly the Jeff Astle case was given a lot of air time up here and I seem to remember one of the many people in white coats who were interviewed saying that the older, heavier footballs cause a specific type of dementia. The fear with modern balls is that although they are much lighter, they move faster and so that brings with it a different type of brain injury.