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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"LB, perceived fair value and expectations are important nuances.
If a player feels undervalued, grievance is inevitable. If he’s overpaid, pressure intensifies. And if he’s unhappy, money won’t fix it.
I don’t buy the idea elite players take unders…"
If a player feels undervalued, grievance is inevitable. If he’s overpaid, pressure intensifies. And if he’s unhappy, money won’t fix it.
I don’t buy the idea elite players take unders…"
"Adam, see hereunder, the bottom line is that what you are referring to is essentially the end of the season.
This makes sense as many variables will ocur, a mature management process would be structured to represent all sorts of contingencies and…"
This makes sense as many variables will ocur, a mature management process would be structured to represent all sorts of contingencies and…"
"Mantra a good choice, nice rooms, pool, spa.
Easy walk over the bridge to the sporting precinct, bit of a walk into the city but not to bad.
Hopefully we go better than last year, that was a hard sit in the stands "
Easy walk over the bridge to the sporting precinct, bit of a walk into the city but not to bad.
Hopefully we go better than last year, that was a hard sit in the stands "
"LB at what stage of the season do teams have to have the 97.5% (is that the figure?) of their cap spent?
Spot on timing is the issue which is why we shouldn't rush to do anything. I commented a long long time ago in regards to recruitment that we…"
Spot on timing is the issue which is why we shouldn't rush to do anything. I commented a long long time ago in regards to recruitment that we…"
"He needs that 700k for all those Michelin hatted restaurants he goes to."
"Good. He burnt his bridges long time ago."
"I will say your point on Lomax coming back ruins the game, it can have that impact. If he comes back it shows every player the lengths you can go to get out of a deal. But why do our players chase money? Well some players either see no premiership…"
"Ryles would be real, 100%."
"The issue is timing. Not many, if any clubs would want to part ways with an incredible player in order to get Lomax, particularly a month out from Round 1.
If it can go into the first month of the year and a team, that is sort of in contention,…"
If it can go into the first month of the year and a team, that is sort of in contention,…"
"Right and if you had $700k owed to you this year would you retire from your job?
Why should he do the right thing? Not his fault we gave him this contract. He should play well yes but that's all he is obligated to do.
That Kaufusi elbow he copped…"
Why should he do the right thing? Not his fault we gave him this contract. He should play well yes but that's all he is obligated to do.
That Kaufusi elbow he copped…"
"Then he should do the right thing by everybody - no more so than himself - and retire. "
"I'll never lose my bikini body"
"Maybe it's not the money just wrong contracts wrong people. Hopefully iongi and ryles r real"
"What i do know is he is not a player ryles wants, and is not going to be seen in 1st grade"
"TCT reported he was in rehab and he is starting to do light work on ground."
"Back to full training or still in the light training group?"
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Can someone please tell me
If we dont get a swap for Lomax do we still have to pay him to sit in the side line for next 3 years
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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.