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Gov, my point: Equipment has become safer, rules in almost every sport have been added to protect players (especially football), and the addition of refs actually calling penalties mean that sports were not even close to as rough as they were in the past.
As a direct result there were more injuries. However, many players just didn't have their injuries looked at. If they were just trying to tough it out, or because the medical science was not there, fact is, many things just weren't treated.
Another thing I forgot to mention, is the actual size of athletes now-a-days. In case no one has noticed, they're friggin huge now.
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One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink but then held it out over the beer and yelled "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!"
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