No way is Football the most dangerous sport. Not even close to Hockey.
You try avoiding opposing guys who are skating very fast carrying a stick and trying to shout a puck.
These morons who play Football do not know how to tackle properly. There are many times when they are inflecting as much damage to themselves. Let's see if you can take a puck traveling close to 100 miles a hour in the mouth or better yet in the knee or groin. Don't even try to compare Hockey with Football.
I played Football and that sport is full of .a bunch of cry babies.I have the utmost respect for a Hockey Player.
I have played both sports and would have to say that risk of injury is high in both sports and those paralysing injuries in football were freaks but from my own experience I would rather have someone running at me trying to tackle or block me than have have 200 plus pounds at full speed on skates ramming me into the boards or have a 100 mile an hour puck hit me square in the calve where there is no protection or catch a high stick in the mouth taking out my teeth.
Hockey is a man's sport....being played in ever-increasing numbers by girls and women, including bubba's mom. I was fortunate during my playing years to have avoided injury...just like in football, you see mostly 'brain'(concussion) and 'bone' injuries in hockey, even in the no-check league. Conditioning and practice are important, but it's a game of speed and force, and you know the risks you are taking when you get on the ice.
What happened to Zednick was a freak accident. Unfortunately they happen in professional sports.
I just know when I wake up in the morning and struggle to walk down the basement stairs, I thank the Lord I still have all MY teeth to eat breakfast. Cliff diving and race car driving still give me the Willies.
When one is hit in hockey,one slides across the ice. When one is hit in football, one's cleats dig in and knee or ankle injuries result.The major injuries occur in hockey when macho types take off their helmets to show how tough they are. Statistics on injuries in both sports would be interesting, but I would suspect that football injuries are both more numerous and more severe.
Roman responds: You know, that's a good point. There probably are more catastrophic injuries in football. In hockey, another factor is the speed. And the worst injuries in hockey aren't the fights, they're from guys swinging their sticks.
In terms of big drawing TV sports the WWE takes the top honors in terms of danger. Career's are even shorter than in the NFL & ages of death are bizarre.
A close 2nd is the NFL. While it lags the WWE in those two standards it exceeds the WWE in weekly injuries. No sport suffers the quantity of weekly injuries that the NFL does.
The NHL is more of a bend but don't break sport. You're luckly to play a 1/2 season w/out losing a tooth but those teeth are replaceable. It's very rare to see career-ending injuries in the NHL & many players go on to enjoy long careers.
Apparently the who "sliding across the ice comment" comes from someone who hasnt played hockey before. Your right, there is no cleat to get stuck in the grass, but there are cuts in the ice that the blade gets caught in, or "sliding across the ice" and crashing into the boards, head first or foot first, causing neck, ankle and leg injuries.
Also, tell Ray Lewis to skate down the middle of the ice with his head down and meet Scott Stevens.
Boxing, MMA, and football are far more dangerous, and I'd be willing to bet that the number of serious, life threatening, career ending, and even fatal injuries in these sports far exceeds those that occur in hockey if you break it down per capita.
But let's face the facts. Dueling, jousting, and Russian roulette beat them all.
Gee I wonder if the age of death you refer to in the WWE juan has anything to do with steroid use? While I won't dis the athleticism of pro wrestlers, it is the best scripted and choreographed sport on TV. Yes injuries occur when a wrestler for what ever reason doesn't fall correctly or when break-away props don't break-away. But those guys practice that stuff daily and alot of their injuries occur while learning to fall properly and practicing new stunts. I know a pair of brothers in western NY state that have wrestled (tag team) in the circuit up there for close to 20 years and they have said that although they are generally sore after a match, most of their injuries have happened while practicing new moves and learning just how to fall making those moves.
Joe S., actually I coached and refed hockey for ten years, mostly on outdoor ice.In those ten years my teams had one injury, a kid who broke his leg trying to take a cheap shot in the corner on the other team's best skater.He missed and racked himself up slamming into the boards. Of course, a major factor was that our referees and linesmen knew the rules and did not hesitate to enforce penalties.As secretary/treasurer of our league, I rewrote our by-laws to allow linesmen to call penalties rather than simply telling the referee about them.I think game suspensions and disqualifications would do a great deal to cut down on injuries. Of course there would be freaky ones like the one in question here, where his own teammate's skate caused the injury.
Tim, that's exactly my point. Steroid usage is helter-skelter in the WWE & that's what makes it the most dangerous sport. Even the Rock has admitted some usage. You can't reach the big time in this entertainment venue w/out doping & then you see from Benoit how addictive & dangerous that can become.
That's why I said the WWE & not wrestling in general. What's remarkable is that Benoit's murderous rampage grabs headlines & yet where is movement by Congress? Why isn't there a drive for testing in the WWE?
culzie I see no sense in wasting ink on a waste like Benson and thought the east coast semi-pro wrestling circuit was just a tad more interesting than man dolls or figure skating but since I'm now living in the south I'll see what I can come up with on moonshine and Daisy Duke look-a-likes ok?
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I was actually worried for the guy and logged in this morning to see how he was doing...Wow, huh?
Posted by: Hitman | February 11, 2008 11:58 AM
I cant even joke...
this is scary...
ok..ill joke..
Grown Men with Sticks flying around on Razor Sharp blades trying to cream each other......
and someone got hurt????
Posted by: bculz | February 11, 2008 12:30 PM
DO MY EYES DECIEVE ME? or DO I SEE PICTURES?
This blog has finally ARRIVED!!!
This is the best present I have ever asked for...and gotten.
Posted by: bculz | February 11, 2008 12:33 PM
That freak incident aside, until NHL carts off a paralyzed player every other season or so...The title still belongs to football.
Posted by: K.Brown | February 11, 2008 01:08 PM
K Brown...
Just wait till American Gladiator gets a few more seasons under its belt...
Posted by: bculz | February 11, 2008 01:59 PM
No way is Football the most dangerous sport. Not even close to Hockey.
You try avoiding opposing guys who are skating very fast carrying a stick and trying to shout a puck.
These morons who play Football do not know how to tackle properly. There are many times when they are inflecting as much damage to themselves. Let's see if you can take a puck traveling close to 100 miles a hour in the mouth or better yet in the knee or groin. Don't even try to compare Hockey with Football.
I played Football and that sport is full of .a bunch of cry babies.I have the utmost respect for a Hockey Player.
Hockey is a Man's Sport.
Posted by: Paul | February 11, 2008 05:32 PM
I have played both sports and would have to say that risk of injury is high in both sports and those paralysing injuries in football were freaks but from my own experience I would rather have someone running at me trying to tackle or block me than have have 200 plus pounds at full speed on skates ramming me into the boards or have a 100 mile an hour puck hit me square in the calve where there is no protection or catch a high stick in the mouth taking out my teeth.
Posted by: Tim Little | February 12, 2008 08:04 AM
Hockey is a man's sport....being played in ever-increasing numbers by girls and women, including bubba's mom. I was fortunate during my playing years to have avoided injury...just like in football, you see mostly 'brain'(concussion) and 'bone' injuries in hockey, even in the no-check league. Conditioning and practice are important, but it's a game of speed and force, and you know the risks you are taking when you get on the ice.
What happened to Zednick was a freak accident. Unfortunately they happen in professional sports.
Posted by: bubba's mom | February 12, 2008 08:16 AM
I just know when I wake up in the morning and struggle to walk down the basement stairs, I thank the Lord I still have all MY teeth to eat breakfast. Cliff diving and race car driving still give me the Willies.
Posted by: Anthony Navarro | February 12, 2008 09:29 AM
When one is hit in hockey,one slides across the ice. When one is hit in football, one's cleats dig in and knee or ankle injuries result.The major injuries occur in hockey when macho types take off their helmets to show how tough they are. Statistics on injuries in both sports would be interesting, but I would suspect that football injuries are both more numerous and more severe.
Roman responds: You know, that's a good point. There probably are more catastrophic injuries in football. In hockey, another factor is the speed. And the worst injuries in hockey aren't the fights, they're from guys swinging their sticks.
Posted by: Paul Manter | February 12, 2008 09:46 AM
In terms of big drawing TV sports the WWE takes the top honors in terms of danger. Career's are even shorter than in the NFL & ages of death are bizarre.
A close 2nd is the NFL. While it lags the WWE in those two standards it exceeds the WWE in weekly injuries. No sport suffers the quantity of weekly injuries that the NFL does.
The NHL is more of a bend but don't break sport. You're luckly to play a 1/2 season w/out losing a tooth but those teeth are replaceable. It's very rare to see career-ending injuries in the NHL & many players go on to enjoy long careers.
Posted by: Juan | February 12, 2008 10:56 AM
wow..this turned into a which sport is tougher thread?
I can play "lets get hypothetical to prove a point"
ok, how many snaps at RB do ya think Gretzky woulda taken before he was killed?
Teach Urlacher and Ray Lewis to skate...how many Hockey players die from "bouncing too hard"
Get outta my face with that garbage...it's not even close
Posted by: Hitman | February 12, 2008 11:04 AM
my old gym teacher was on track for the NFL and he had someone accidentally spike his throat in practice....and that was it for him. Wizz
tru story
Posted by: bculz | February 12, 2008 11:43 AM
Apparently the who "sliding across the ice comment" comes from someone who hasnt played hockey before. Your right, there is no cleat to get stuck in the grass, but there are cuts in the ice that the blade gets caught in, or "sliding across the ice" and crashing into the boards, head first or foot first, causing neck, ankle and leg injuries.
Also, tell Ray Lewis to skate down the middle of the ice with his head down and meet Scott Stevens.
Posted by: Joe Stevens | February 12, 2008 02:20 PM
Boxing, MMA, and football are far more dangerous, and I'd be willing to bet that the number of serious, life threatening, career ending, and even fatal injuries in these sports far exceeds those that occur in hockey if you break it down per capita.
But let's face the facts. Dueling, jousting, and Russian roulette beat them all.
Posted by: Mark Villano | February 12, 2008 05:55 PM
Gee I wonder if the age of death you refer to in the WWE juan has anything to do with steroid use? While I won't dis the athleticism of pro wrestlers, it is the best scripted and choreographed sport on TV. Yes injuries occur when a wrestler for what ever reason doesn't fall correctly or when break-away props don't break-away. But those guys practice that stuff daily and alot of their injuries occur while learning to fall properly and practicing new stunts. I know a pair of brothers in western NY state that have wrestled (tag team) in the circuit up there for close to 20 years and they have said that although they are generally sore after a match, most of their injuries have happened while practicing new moves and learning just how to fall making those moves.
Posted by: Tim Little | February 13, 2008 08:25 AM
Tim, you cant tell me that Benson was better than Thomas jones, but you can write a masters thesis on the East Coast Semi-Pro Wrestling Circuit? DUDE?
Posted by: bculz | February 13, 2008 09:37 AM
Joe S., actually I coached and refed hockey for ten years, mostly on outdoor ice.In those ten years my teams had one injury, a kid who broke his leg trying to take a cheap shot in the corner on the other team's best skater.He missed and racked himself up slamming into the boards. Of course, a major factor was that our referees and linesmen knew the rules and did not hesitate to enforce penalties.As secretary/treasurer of our league, I rewrote our by-laws to allow linesmen to call penalties rather than simply telling the referee about them.I think game suspensions and disqualifications would do a great deal to cut down on injuries. Of course there would be freaky ones like the one in question here, where his own teammate's skate caused the injury.
Posted by: Paul Manter | February 13, 2008 10:08 AM
Tim, that's exactly my point. Steroid usage is helter-skelter in the WWE & that's what makes it the most dangerous sport. Even the Rock has admitted some usage. You can't reach the big time in this entertainment venue w/out doping & then you see from Benoit how addictive & dangerous that can become.
That's why I said the WWE & not wrestling in general. What's remarkable is that Benoit's murderous rampage grabs headlines & yet where is movement by Congress? Why isn't there a drive for testing in the WWE?
Posted by: juan | February 13, 2008 03:22 PM
culzie I see no sense in wasting ink on a waste like Benson and thought the east coast semi-pro wrestling circuit was just a tad more interesting than man dolls or figure skating but since I'm now living in the south I'll see what I can come up with on moonshine and Daisy Duke look-a-likes ok?
Posted by: Tim Little | February 13, 2008 07:44 PM