DOD233: This Is Your Brain on Sports
Dear Old Dads10 Okt 2025

DOD233: This Is Your Brain on Sports

Our dudes gather today to talk about what obligation parents have to decline their children opportunities in sports that have a high risk of brain injury and possible development of CTE. Is there a middle ground, where they can play things like football and soccer up to a certain level, before it gets dangerous - or is it always too risky?

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