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There's a difference between getting injured from an accident or someone breaking the rules, and getting injured because violence is part of the game.

Okay yes

Jones is old as balls

I think we get that, Tom.

Is there? The end result is still the same.

The end result yeah, but the reason is entirely avoidable by not saying it's a-okay to Spear your fellow players and then get 5 others who throw themselves on a pile over him to get a egg-shaped ball (exaggeration).
I just don't like the idea of sports where injury is not something to be avoided at all costs but a part of the sport itself.

Anybody know why Hale hasn't updated his Bern Platinum Nuzlocke in a while?

The violence is the point. If you make a rule in boxing saying "you can't punch the other guy" it's not boxing any more. Plus tackling people head on is fun.

Yeah. That's why I don't like boxing. Who the hell had the idea that punching the shit out of each other made for a good sport is what I'm saying.

It's fun, pain sets of adrenaline and other hormone factors, plus putting your strength, agility and wits directly on the line is one hell of a rush.

And you get punched in the noggin eventually leading to serious head trauma. Every time. Because it's part of the sport. As opposed to sometimes getting injured by pure accident in other sports.

Not every time, persistent injury rate for professional boxing seems to be about 20%. And professional athletes will get injured more than once during their career in any sport.

But that's still injuries caused by the main goal of the sport vs. injuries caused by accidents. I could also say that playing russian roulette only has a 16% chance of you getting injured.

50% chance of death actually. And putting a gun to your head isn't as much fun as fighting. No one is saying you have to like it, but you shouldn't judge people for how they choose to waste their lives.

Oh you're free to use your time as you like. But I think a school should think about what things they endorse and which they don't which was what started this here. And an institution that exists to make people smart endorsing sports that can cause lasting head injuries isn't a very smart thing. Like a church that finances a brothel. Or a vegetarian's club having a slaughterhouse.

A school doesn't make students smart. It offers knowledge for people to learn. And brain injuries aren't simple drops in IQ points, plus there's something to say for the old adage "mens sana in corpore sano".

A healthy mind lives in a healthy body? Stephen Hawking would disagree, but apart from that, getting hit in the face repeatedly is not my definition of healthy.