https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1608091715833/footy-concussions
Very interesting and tragic. Featuring parras Ray Price and Brett Horsnell.
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"Yeah, the Roosters always get it right with recruitment, their last two big signings, Dom Young and Brandon Smith, how did that go?"
"No, Kelly wouldn't be on $650k or $700k. I would swap him with Matto, the difference in player salaries between the two would be greater towards us. We would have the difference on our cap but the swap would be player for player, we keep our top 30…"
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"Precisely this.
If he hadn't signed elsewhere then he is the best since Hayne.
Roosters signing him says the kids got a lot of potential and I say this not actually having seen him play - just trust the roosters talent identification over ours."
If he hadn't signed elsewhere then he is the best since Hayne.
Roosters signing him says the kids got a lot of potential and I say this not actually having seen him play - just trust the roosters talent identification over ours."
"I compare him to W Blake in the sense he has great athletic ability but just not footy ability."
"It should be included as part of our membership package. 1300 EEL - Beyond Blue and Gold hotline . They could have MON answering the calls, surley once you've spent half an hour talking to that dropkick , we'd all realise our lives aren't all…"
"If I'm running the club , I'm punting our recruitment team and just subcontracting a third party to do it as a part time gig. We really don't warrant having a full time recruitment position on our books. "
"haha. Best we stay in our lane Wiz and not dare look at good players. Its all juniors for ever, that way its no one in managements fault, it is all the kid or his coaches fault. Ass covering 101"
"All cool.Randy. you're ok cousin"
"I think its more boredom then panic. We need our next dopamine hit. Get on it MON!"
"Its definitely of cultural significance. Maybe you could get a government grant. "
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Ray Price sounded so fried when he was speaking. My young bloke wants to play league next year, jury is still out for me if I let him.
Shit poppy, that was a bit harsh. Feel free to have a crack at me, but taking a dig at the intelligence of my son is a bit low.
My earliest memory of the eels is my old man making me watch the 86 GF. When pricey and crow were chaired off, my old man was crying. So, either dad love them, or he had a horrible foreboding of the priemership drought to come :)
Concussions were poorly understood in Ray's day. Given the era and position he played in, he likely had a number of concussions, especially when you take into the fact players like Matty Johns said he had about 10 or so through his career.
But concussions aren't the biggest issue here. The biggest issue is repeated sub-concussive impacts. Those hits that rattle you but don't give you a complete concussion. It's like a boxer taking small jabs throughout a fight. The more of those they take the higher chance of a KO. What Dr. Omalu found was that those repeated minor head traumas had more of an impact on later quality of life than the larger, more infrequent hits.
I do know that the NRL is actually seen as one of the better concussion managers in professional sport. Their HIA system and protocol is seen as one of the most stringent and most closely abides by the recommendations from medical professionals. It's also why I don't think we'll see a class action against the NRL. Unlike the NFL, as far as we know, the NRL has tried to address the long term impacts of concussions as soon as they became aware of them.
What would you change poplet?
Maggie, Both Ray and Brett Kenny need a Swahili interpreter on hand at all times.