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Well, it's. A bunch of things. The players have gotten massively bigger with steroids and scientific body building. So instead of two 160lb guys whacking each other like in the 1920s it's two 300lb guys. Helmets and pads let people hit each other real, real hard without ijury to the body, so they're getting hit more often, so they've got more chances for tbis. Tbis result from anything that knocks your brain around, not necessarily things that cause concussion. They build up over time, causing more and more damage.
And this is just subjective, but people seem a lot more vindictive now, hitting people harder when there's no need.
We had this problem in a larp. Headshots were illegal, but even accidental blows to the head could add up so we were really encouraging people to start wearing helmets and head protection.
That is pretty crazy. I saw someone mention that they should remove the excessive padding since that would make guys think twice about hitting and being hit, which would be good I think. Would also make training focus on speed and endurance instead of strength, which would make guys smaller overall and discourage steroid abuse. It sounded like a good idea I think.
Overall it’s kinda insane that every sport has weight class distinctions, but in football you can have brick walls playing against speedy twigs and it’s completely fine.