sports and health?..

ok were im from in ireland there has been to boys died in the past week over GAA football

they both had heart probs

one was a every good friend of mine who died on sat while the other dude was burryed

but i wanna know sould they stop people with heart condions from playin sports if it might kill them ??

even know we all know they all wanna be treated equal??... i wanna know your input becasue mine is i dont want them to play if they cant handle it
and still i want them to feel equal so im abit confussed...

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Originally Posted by equinn

ok were im from in ireland there has been to boys died in the past week over GAA football

they both had heart probs

one was a every good friend of mine who died on sat while the other dude was burryed

but i wanna know sould they stop people with heart condions from playin sports if it might kill them ??

even know we all know they all wanna be treated equal??... i wanna know your input becasue mine is i dont want them to play if they cant handle it
and still i want them to feel equal so im abit confussed...

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To keep players from playing would be discrimination as you already said. It is up to the athletes themselves to decide whether they want to play or not, and how hard they want to push themselves. And you are right, this is actually a pretty bad trend we are having not just in Ireland but I have heard news like this in different countries where kids would be just exercising and their heart simply fail and they just drop dead on the spot.

So now I definitely don't think they should be stopped from playing. But team owners, trainers, teachers, have to put more emphasis on diet and cardio training. Some of you might have heard the news report a while back about how while you might look skinny on the outside, your inner organs might be lined with fat. The best way to protect yourself is to train your heart, but it doesn't mean you are immune from it, just like any other muscle the heart has stressed put on it constantly.

And stay away from HGH and steroids.

The unhealthy part of sport is almost entirely connected to professional sport alone by the way.

i think if they know about theirs condition they should put it in first place in life and dont work hard, coz keeping those ppl away form somethin they lov and want to do its descrimination, in fact they are alarmed about it when they do the first medical exame...so no one its blamed for it