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A Delicate Game: Brain Injury, Sport and Sacrifice
A footballer dies of dementia, younger than he should
A 14-year old-rugby player is told to play on through multiple blows. He never wakes up from the last one
A scientist reveals endemic brain disease in NFL players and is discredited
A survivor of domestic abuse can't remember details when standing up in court This is the story of the degenerative brain disease, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). This is a story of power, of science and sport, and of the bodies that society deems worth sacrificing.
A 14-year old-rugby player is told to play on through multiple blows. He never wakes up from the last one
A scientist reveals endemic brain disease in NFL players and is discredited
A survivor of domestic abuse can't remember details when standing up in court This is the story of the degenerative brain disease, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). This is a story of power, of science and sport, and of the bodies that society deems worth sacrificing.
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352 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2022
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February 1, 2026
This book is often in a way repetitive, but it is not bad because it is very important, so it is necessarily good that it is.
It maybe should say more about the research and measures that are being put in place, but maybe it can’t because not much is being done?
This book isn’t new and, for many sports, even today, I don’t think the governing bodies are still hardly doing enough or are trying to about the problem.
I think it needs such drastic rule changes that they are scared to do anything so drastic because the games would be rather different and they would worry what the supporters think.
This is a good book for rugby and football, but I think, American Football, you have much deeper literature, books about your sport and the brain problem, you can rather read those instead.
Good investigative journalism.
I wish though I could also get more of the South African angle, I suppose though it is just as bad.
It maybe should say more about the research and measures that are being put in place, but maybe it can’t because not much is being done?
This book isn’t new and, for many sports, even today, I don’t think the governing bodies are still hardly doing enough or are trying to about the problem.
I think it needs such drastic rule changes that they are scared to do anything so drastic because the games would be rather different and they would worry what the supporters think.
This is a good book for rugby and football, but I think, American Football, you have much deeper literature, books about your sport and the brain problem, you can rather read those instead.
Good investigative journalism.
I wish though I could also get more of the South African angle, I suppose though it is just as bad.
April 2, 2023
Important read but I gave up half way through. The stories of real people were gripping but it then delved deep into either long-winded court cases or the science over and again. I feel I got the gist and the message by half way
June 16, 2022
I was totally engrossed by this book, more than I expected I would be. Flicking between science and narrative writing makes it an easy read and some of the chapters I just couldn't put down.
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