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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"Well lets see. Faster as well."
"I'll be surprised if Teancum Brown ends up as good as Tuivaiti. Brown might be bigger and fitter, but he is already a year older and shown less on the field. Tuivaiti has elite power and footwork for a junior middle."
"Feels that way at times. "
"sure do have some experience in the squad."
"We have 3 quality young props training in the FG preseason. Prefer to keep them then pay big money to an outsider. We dont have a great history with high paid signings. Need to spend the money on some quality backs."
"Teancum will be pushing Tuivaiti for his spot next season. Bigger and fitter."
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De Belin…"
De Belin…"
"If he signs for one cent less than $650 his agent should go get a job at Maccas"
"If he signs for one cent less than $650 his agent should go get a job at Maccas"
"I will simplify it for you instead Loader
1..I got to the part where we are going to "replace" Lomax with an $80k diamond in the rough and stopped reading or caring as it became impossible to take seriously.
2...refer to 1."
1..I got to the part where we are going to "replace" Lomax with an $80k diamond in the rough and stopped reading or caring as it became impossible to take seriously.
2...refer to 1."
"Why not, we can't sign new players so we resign current 30+ yr old players....fmd "
"I really didn't think we needed De Belin, no matter how cheap we got him for. We lack big mobile metre eaters with leg speed and Junior isnt going to be one. I would be happy if we didn't extend his contract TBH."
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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.