In the light of Geoff Hurst’s recent comments where do we stand on this?
Easy to see how someone like Geoff Astle would have been likely to have suffered as a result of this...a little harder as regards Nobby Styles perhaps.
Is dementia likely to have been caused by regular heading or are there always going to be a percentage of old footballers who suffer from this horrible condition just because they are not immune from the ageing process.
Does it continue to be as much of a problem now that balls are so much lighter than the heavy waterlogged things many of us often used to play with?
Do we just have to accept that voluntary participation in sport is likely to ultimately lead to later physical problems eg...knees and ankles (football)...fingers...(cricket)...back and neck...(rugby) etc.
Are we likely to see heading outlawed in the game? Where do we stand on children heading a ball?
Thoughts?