Dr. Bennet Omalu recently shared some thoughts on Dana White's controversial Power Slap series. Omalu was the first physician to thoroughly study the
www.mmanews.com
“It is a very dumb, very stupid and unsafe. It is primitive,” Omalu said. “To me, such a sport is inconsistent with the intelligence of humans. It is possible that a participant could die from this. Somebody could die or suffer catastrophic brain damage and become a vegetable. How can he [Dana White] make that statement? It is like saying you will make a loaded gun safe. I do not blame the organizers so much, everybody wants to make a buck or easy money. But I feel the competitors have so much stupidity. It is silly, given what we know about concussion and blunt force trauma to the head. Why is TBS showing such a primitive sport? It should not be on TV.”
The White/Fertitta spinoff show continues to lose the bulk of its AEW lead-in audience.
www.bloodyelbow.com
1 - 295,000 viewers and a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demographic
2 - 413,000 viewers and a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic
3 - 284,000 viewers and a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 demographic
4 - 275,000 viewers and a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demographic