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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Fizz Latapu, Michael Fililava and Lorima Saukuru have all decided to take their talents to St George.
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If it expands to other issues it will be dragging out for a year or so."
If it expands to other issues it will be dragging out for a year or so."
"I think the end result will be they offering 500k and the courts dictating that that would be a fair amount. It won’t come down to the Storm losing a player of note.
If thats the case i can't see how the club could still hold onto the agreement as…"
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"Yobz you said the following: I'd like discovery of V'Landy's emails to see why he suddenly backflipped on the 360 ban".
Why would the discovery of these emails have any influence over the courts decision? i.e Melbourne is being talked about…"
Why would the discovery of these emails have any influence over the courts decision? i.e Melbourne is being talked about…"
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I found these quotes in a Nine news article:…"
I found these quotes in a Nine news article:…"
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Like someone saying "Hey can i have your $1.1 mil valued house? Here is $500k. Oh not enough? We will take out that big tree that is causing damage to the backyard for you as well".
I mean…"
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I mean…"
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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.