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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"Hopefully they will pay for that after the event Randy, ARL needs to get involved once the court room drama is finished. An ounce of brains means that they should stop the court process and just revert back to the process as if Parra wins it. It…"
"Well I summarised it like I did to simpfly the process as to where it is at, all the issues surrounding Storm and the NRL are supplementary at this stage given the brief.
Answering your specific question if the court rules to abide by the contract…"
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"Just read an article ( fox sports, I think) stating how Parra and Ryles are now under pressure and this year will be a confirmation or failure basically. What a load of bullshit we are a young side finding our feet and identity and while I believe…"
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"But to say that the amount of money is a good deal is the worst part. He could have said Melbourne made an offer and Parra didn't agree, that is all it is right now, let both of them sort it out."
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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.