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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"This explains an awful lot. "
"If a referee has a gambling problem that big, corruption has to be a massive concern. Shame on the NRL for sweeping it under the carpet. I hope he's been investigated and come out squeeky clean with his account being monitored "
"400k fmd. Referees 100 percent are gambling on games just like the players. "
"Doesn't surprise me , he's the most arrogant ref in the game who has made some of the most disgraceful decisions that have cost teams games ."
" Say no more "
"Gee, makes you wonder. The fascinating thing is the NRL have known for 4 years 😳"
"Is it bad that I'm not surprised?"
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As a bi product of that i feel the club has become…"
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"It ultimately does lead to sackings eventually if results continue to not be good enough, well it should anyway.
My question to you, as you are opposed to sackings at this point, when is the right time to make changes, sackings, demotions,…"
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"Lol and as soon as we mention this, he pops up again with another explanation. Mentioning how much money he has spent on his tickets, that are going to be refunded by the way. Says he wants to move and feels he is not owed anything yet talks about…"
"That is not the question, going to Penrith is very attractive regardless of Cleary being there or not. Nathan will still be there.
The question that should be asked is why did Ryda turn them down? And why say he will be there eventually when he did…"
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"A year under Ivan Cleary will do wonders for anyone"
"Pokemon is crazy level rage at the moment. Pokemon Go would be better, he gets out of the house to catch them."
"You have hung around him? If so what was he really like?"
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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.