Should heading be banned in football?

[RomanReigns]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45110282

research suggests that heading the ball can lead to brain trauma later on in life

if the FA ban heading in football at some stage will this put you off the game?

 

[sageyefc]

No it shouldn't

 

[arch stanton]

kicking it should be banned too, look how many players have sustained catastrophic injuries in this dangerous sport we like. They shouldn't be allowed to run either to cut down on muscle tear injuries.

 

[GrumpyBlue]

No. 'Kin eejits

 

[chrismpw]

No. It's choice and part of the game and it's far less of a significance than in boxing.

Life, real life, life worth living does not involve sitting in cotton wool. Toys need to come out of the box and be played with.

 

[Yarrgh]

It's going to be those scull cap things and stopping kids doing it first. Heading will eventually become less and less until it's acceptable to outlaw it. Could be a halfway house of only allowing it in the penalty area.

Just a matter of time...

 

[Prevenger17]

Reading that is grim, but there may be an inevitability to this. How will insurance markets react once the full extent of football-related brain injury is laid bare?

*Prays for Tim Cahill

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

Why not eh? And while we're at it why not go the whole hog and just ban contact altogether, after all people can get hurt from nasty shoulder barges can't they?!

And we can't forget to tell the players that they're absolutely not run for prolonged periods as this can result in possible vertigo and all sorts of further complications.

Plus let's not forget to make sure we put a stop to both the fans and players alike saying bad things to each other because after all, words hurt too!

On a final note, we should abolish winners and losers to declare every game a draw so nobody ever gets upset (the blues will still contrive a way to lose the derby even with this rule in place!).

Yes this is the start of a new era when football finally does become the beautiful game!

 

[Richarlinson]

I'd be willing to bet that if someone did a study of every single professional footballer in the world over the last 30 years and see how many have suffered from lasting injuries due to heading a ball it would be less than 0.01% of all players. If it was a significant number then I'd agree with it but it's not.

Some footballers need a bit of sense knocking in to them anyway. You need a brain to be able to get brain damage.

 

[GwladysPhil]

Footballs in the modern game (the actual ones they use in the prem = that cost about £150 to buy) are like fly aways.


Maybe a few decades ago but not now.

 

[COYBL25]

It woud aide Michael Keane no end.

 

[dead_soft]

Youth games should have it stopped, certainly outside of academies. It’d help improve the technique of youth footballers as well as ensuring children are kept safe. It’s becoming clearer that heading can lead to serious long term damage and, whilst adults can make the call, children should be protected

 

[Jamo Martinez]

If this had come into place a few years back, Roberto Martínez would still be our manager.

 

[gonetomorrow]

They'll be banning booing next.

We'll all end up in the cells.

 

[Azzurri]

Nah. If you don’t want to head the ball don’t play footy.