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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"LOL...pouts and minces off"
"Until he is named sous chef and pouts cause he was promised head chef."
"Sick of hearing g his name, he won't be back in time he NRL. "
"Ah - I wasn't aware of that, either. Makes sense after Shifcofske publicly stated late last year that he wouldn't be representing his players in negotiations with R360. So I wonder who will carry that can if it goes ahead?"
"The kids are alright. They carry a lot of background fear and they are highly suspicious of Boomer motives....and rightly so. They are not impressed with the world and systems we are handing them. They play along, but they see the table tilted…"
"I've just learnt that GS Sports is Gillis + Schifcofske, so he hasn't changed management company, just looks like the public info is now coming from another name."
"The entire generation is f*^% to be honest"
"From what I have read, Lomax now has Steve Gillis as his manager, not Schifcofske. Either Schifcofske walked away from the shitshow he created, or Lomax sacked him. "
"He can pick up scrap metal from worksites during the week. "
"I just did a google and saw the article on realestate.com.au. Looks like a nice place, his timing and decision making is somewhat questionable."
"Apart from his $4 million dollar mortgage."
"Nothing stopping Lomax joining the Storm's catering team to flip burgers on gamedays. "
"What's ryles contract who's replacing Bellamy "
"This is why there needs to be better regulations and codes of conduct for Player Managers.
NRL players are young, they are trained to take risks and ignore their brain telling them to stop. Is it any wonder there are so many poor decisions made off…"
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"By implacation it means the 97.50% really is not an issue until 30/6 and you can juggle, front loading. paying bonuses etc really up untill the end of season.
If you still have a million in the bank at 30/6 that juggling comes into…"
If you still have a million in the bank at 30/6 that juggling comes into…"
"He only saw the reflection of money"
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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.