It's not funny no, it's a very serious concern that all young males, footballers especially, should take seriously. I'm 20 years of age and i was made aware of explosive knee syndrome (EKS) three years ago aged 17. Me and a few friends went to the park with a football, we were advised against it but as it were we did the opposite, we loved danger and nothing could stop us. We began using a technique named 'passing' which is were you use your legs and feet to direct a football to your team mate, passing went well so well infact that it spured us on to attempt a match, we applied our shin guards, picked the correct footwear, applied our head guards etc and decided to go for it and not look back. By this time a small crowd began to observe the frankly ludicrous game of football, we split into two teams and got the ball rolling from side to side, gradually moving the ball back and forth using passing techniques, mid way through we scoffed at the idea that teenagers shouldn't be playing this potentially lethal game until it happened. Steve had the ball at his feet, we were leading 5-3 and were able to play comfortably, Steve, being over confident and showing off to the cheering crowds attempted something that no sane teenager should ever do, he began to run with the ball, the crowd were shocked, pleas warning Steve to stop running were ignored, untill, the innevitable happened. Suddenly, just like in the stories told by our parents, Steve's knee's combusted, fragments of bone hit spectators, our other friends close by splashed by the innings of Ste's newly formed stumps, then, silence, the damage was done. People were vomiting, children were crying, all because of Steve's bravado, Deano was placed into the halls of ashworth, Tony embarked on a retreat to tobago to teach others the error of Steve's ways, Fat Dave hasn't spoke a word in 3 years and for what, nothing, that's what. I'm not scared, infact you could say it made me stronger, i don't fear it, i respect it and others could do well to not make fun of it but just learn from it.
For more information then please visit this website.
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Exploding-Knee-Syndrome/Pages/Introduction.aspx
Brilliant.
*I also saw what you did with the link...