Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas - Fringe 2023 Is it time to ban sport?

Take one top academic, some dangerous ideas, add one comedian and it’s the force of nature that is the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas (CODI).

Hosted by comedian Susan Morrison, and now in its eleventh year, CODI is sixty minutes of rapid-fire research from some of the finest minds in the country.

Each year UK A&E departments typically see 20 million people! 1-1.5 million present with sports-related injuries. Can we afford treatment and time off work in a cost-of-living crisis? Around 40% of these sports injuries occur in 10 – 19year-olds. Recent evidence of football and rugby players suggest they have twice the risk of developing dementia than the general population.  Do the short and long-term risks of participating in sport outweigh the benefits?  Dr Derek Ball (University of Aberdeen) asks whether we should ban sport!