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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"Your right LB, keep up the commonsense."
"If they had all that gear on, I think the modern day footballers would end up killing each other in the collisions.....that said the old fashioned footballer was probably "street" tougher but probably not professionally tougher."
"Your "name" says it all!!"
"Blue Eel I'm not hanging my head in shame over Talagi, he would not have made our first grade side for most of his time at Penrith, they "the Cleary's" have done a magnificent job of bringing him through.....it would not have happened at Parra, he…"
"Yep, they have realised Wests will take in most of Bradfield, so there are opportunities there for more paying fans. We aren't getting any help from the NRL, so we need to build in a way that goes around the NRL."
"Moretti has fallen off a cliff. Is he injured? What happened to that fast legged bloke that ran kamikaze lines? "
"Aside from the game v the Broncos, it's fair to say the vast majority of 50/50 calls are not going our way. I do wonder if some of that is due to the way Moses communicates with them which is generally based on high emotions.Cam Smith was without a…"
"Yep and the gazillion six agains"
"Ryley is playing injured. And I agree they did look good with him at 6, it made Moses play on both sides which makes the team look way better."
"It seems this morning all the media want to talk about is Moses and his touching the ref and not the controversies, and because of that we all know who PVL now wants in the semi finals. Load up on Tigers. I'll say it again NRL is corrupt."
"This is what I thought too, I haven't seen the replay of Moses Field goal attempt, but they looked offside live. Such inconsistant crap.
Also there were plenty of comments in the game blog mentioning how bad the reffing was so anyone saying if we…"
Also there were plenty of comments in the game blog mentioning how bad the reffing was so anyone saying if we…"
"Volkman to 6"
"Even if fully healthy it would be us scraping into the 8. With half the team decimated it's no chance "
"Just have to assume officiating will be terrible both ways in every game. We failed to own big moments. Pezet kicking tackle 1, TDS going short side when Moses was screaming for the ball. The goal kicking. And Jack Williams drop even if it was a…"
"If anyone gets a chance, watch the replay of when Moses went for the field goal, 3 tigers players were offside (not back the 10) but somehow the referee missed it , again."
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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.