Comments on: Radio hosts must hate taking callers

By: Donnie

Donnie — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:56:59 +0000

Oh, wow. Thanks for going through the trouble!

I’m pretty sure football hasn’t gotten less violent in the last three years, so that will work.

By: Derek Slater

Derek Slater — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:55:00 +0000

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/03/health/main591184.shtml

That’s from 04. Looking for something more recent…

By: Donnie

Donnie — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 13:19:23 +0000

@Derek: True that. Biases so coat our perceptions; it’s very difficult to dig that out of my own studies and thinking (the rare times this occurs).

Must find that VA Tech study.

@chessloser: That’s what MMA is all about! It’s knock ‘em, sock ‘em, baby! *turns off Dick Vitale voice*

The WWE looks somewhat close in violence, and we all know the MO of that “sport”.

They still hold the X-games? Are they still relevent (if they ever were)?

By: chessloser

chessloser — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:08:08 +0000

but that is what is so great about MMA, it’s brutal, its violent, it’s far more dangerous than boxing or kickboxing. did they every look at the x-games, specifically skating and bmx injuries? how many guys break bones, concuss, etc when they fuck up on the halfpipe or the street course?

By: Derek Slater

Derek Slater — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:50:24 +0000

One of the challenges in this discussion is that most of the people who are interested enough to think about it have a big bias one way or the other (pro boxing or pro MMA). So they focus on whichever data support their bias. (My bias is that I find boxing a bore and MMA headed in that direction.) You want concussions, go get that Va Tech study on football linemen. Yikes.