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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"Agree JB, personally, I think Williams is a better player, and if I was Williams I would be really pissed if we signed KK on more than double what he is getting."
"If we land him for that when the Dragons have offered more years and 150 k more per season that would be a recruitment coup victory for this maligned group.Outside of that I think the 7 figure per season even with the new TV deal coming is still…"
"your a social worker and your favourite player was Scot Mahon.....what more do you want me to go on about?......how's your empathy time?"
"Yep exactly! Very excited about the next 3 years. Top 8, top 4, GF. That's my expectations.
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"We need Jnr's long term replacement. KK could be that. They would probably play at least one season together before Jnr hands the baton over to KK. I'll believe it if I see it. Until then history suggests this is unlikely to happen. "
"And more coming through with Polley, Petrus, Popo to name a few."
"$1mil is the figure reported at the moment. Now i think that is high. My belief, and can be seen as short sighted, only spine players are worth $1 mil. With exception to once in a generation type forwards; Haas and Tino. KK is in that A tier. Haas…"
"No one's doing us a favour taking Matto just write it down as a black 650 odd k hole."
"The more the merrier Super !"
"So when do the Eels find out if he's going to sign or not? Still need a replacement for Lomax "
"Hopefully he signs, Bennett chucks a tantrum and drops him to reserve grade or releases him early like he did with Hodges."
"John, we're already doing that with extending junior forwards. And they're costing less than $500k a pop."
"He isn't even close to Haas so yeah, 850 is a pretty good number for him."
"He's probably only worth less than a mill if we weren't in a battle with 3 other clubs to get him."
"LOL - I'm pretty sure his exact verbatim when stating this was "money's not the man factor, but I've got to do what's best for my family"... which means money is definitely the driving factor as most men put their families first."
"Good signing and the price is fair, considering haas and tino want 1.4, keon at 1mill sounds about right. I think once the tv deal is anounced 1mill for his calibre would be good value"
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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.