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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"Broncos just have star power all over, we need to force them to make mistakes in order to beat them. Is a possibility hell yeah is it likely maybe not. Their forwards probably will have so much leverage over ours. Will be scary one brother."
"Snottie, you've hit the nail on the head.
Barnett is probably signing the last contract of his career, and he's never won a comp. His choices are the defending premiers, who get all the advantages in the world to stay successful, or Parramatta. …"
Barnett is probably signing the last contract of his career, and he's never won a comp. His choices are the defending premiers, who get all the advantages in the world to stay successful, or Parramatta. …"
"No great to miss another big signing, but I also wasn't looking forward to having 3 middles in their mid 30's. Our ruck is already slow, it could have gotten worse.
After this, the R&R team need to be punted as they're unable to get these signings…"
After this, the R&R team need to be punted as they're unable to get these signings…"
"Yep Joel, I agree that the signing was a big risk, 3 years showed our desperation and he didn't even entertain it, it was always Brisbane.
There is something happening from beginning negotiations to signing on dotted line that players do not like.…"
There is something happening from beginning negotiations to signing on dotted line that players do not like.…"
"Apparently we only offered 2 years, not 3. Looks like the Broncos deal is 2 years with an option for a third year, although I'm not sure which way.
The offers look very similar, so it's a no brainer that he went to the Broncos with where their team…"
The offers look very similar, so it's a no brainer that he went to the Broncos with where their team…"
"Alex Twal will demand an immediate release from Wests so Parra can offer 3 years for $800k each."
"Now now, we can sign players.......just ones nobody else wants."
"Good point Mutts as I ideally didn't want Barnett for 3 years and not keen after an ACL, it's yet another player we publicly went for and gave possibily the best bid and get nothing.
We are now what St. George Illawarra were."
We are now what St. George Illawarra were."
"An extra year should have gotten him but also he wanted a premiership. As to why the Warriors in return wanted a player as they knew he was leaving for one more than anything.
But at the same time, is this where Ryles demands some investigation into…"
But at the same time, is this where Ryles demands some investigation into…"
"It would've been a poor signing but the fact Mark O'Neil couldn't get another signing over the line is poor
When is he going to get sacked?"
When is he going to get sacked?"
"So the Eels missed out on Barnett, and Keon K and Haas before him. Just how much of a tragedy those missed opportunities will be might be determined by what happens with the Eels' current prop protégés Tuivati and T. Brown? Even though the Eels were…"
"Yeh, bingo. Poor signing or not, we went after him and didn't get him."
"Win v Broncos? No, can't see it, barely even feel it. Of course as an Eels Tragic I'd be ecstatic to be wrong in this case. However, another 50+ loss to start the season has me thinking the conspiracy theory - that the Eels tanked against the Storm…"
"Would have been a terrible signing, yuck 🤣🤣🤣"
"It also looks like they are entering the desperate stage for the signings as they offered him overs so the next player that might come along the Eels will give him a huge offer if they are great "
"I know right, we offered him a 100k more and an extra year, not as an option and we still couldn't land him. I'm alright with not signing this player but far out the Eels can't sign anyone for shit. We also need like 2 extra backline players"
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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.