Quote C for Cuckoo="C for Cuckoo"RL is not equally brutal. Almost every professional football player carries a serious brain injury. Our sport doesn't come close.
For this reason you can see the gap in the US market. A low cost contact sport that doesn't maim every single participant but can be picked up quickly by football players could be popular. The talent pool in the US is vast but there are few opportunities for athletes that don't make it at the top level.'"
I didnt word my post very well,let me clarify.
The phrase equally brutal are not my words,like you i dont agree either,but that of my family and friends over i the US.My daughter in law and mother to 3 of my grandsons has watched both over here and on tv over there lots of rugby league,having married a rugby league nut.She will not let any of her boys anywhere near "football" or,not that theres much chance,rugby(both codes).This goes for most of the rest of the family and friends with young boys.They also consider rugby,both codes dangerous,again their words not mine.
I see your point about about footballers not making the big time,there are some great athletes who dont but i think it would be extremely difficult to get league off the ground among youngsters.Given the ongoing furore with football at present in the US another physical contact sport might be a bridge to far.Surprisingly football,their soccer seems to be flying under the radar regarding head injuries and seems to be one of the "new popular sports" of choice of parents in the US.
You are right as well regardingbrain injuries,a very high percentage of current and past ex pros have been found to have brain deformaties.
