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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"Even last year despite missing the top 8, the Saints had a heap of tight games they lost.
They won't blow a team off the park but stay in the contest through their defence. As long as we don't get frustrated and make stupid mistakes our attack…"
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"Ah fair point. But then again wouldn't they make more in Vegas? Maybe they did the math. "
"Hopgood was one of our best last year when he went to the front row, no chance of him being dropped."
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"My life forbids me from leaving Western Sydney but I will be watching at my local with a ice cold pint of VB"
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"You'd think this would be obvious, but as LB said above an Eels Tigers vegas match would overshadow any other vegas match.
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"This year magic round is our home game. Next year it's Vegas. I guess that's fine given we are no longer going to Darwin. l'm ok with not playing tigers. Keep those big clashes for back in Sydney. "
"Well they wouldn't do that. That fixture draws big crowds."
"Shit matchups. Should be Eels vs Tigers, and Storm vs Dolphins"
"The width of the feild won't favour the dolphins who rely on space"
"This will be a fun game, good matchup "
"JDB any day of the week over Hopgood. Over him, can find a mistake/penalty and is just a reserve grader"
"I am expecting a comfortable win here. 32-12 eels"
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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.