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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"I see your point Hammer and it's a noble one."
"In a way, i'm glad a deal didn't get done. If it did, i think the feeling would have been that we lost & succumbed to pressure from the Storm & NRL as we wouldn't have gained that much. $400K is not really that much to carry for this year. This way,…"
"Happens all the time (NBA refs, some eventually caught). How many Storm personnel went to jail for cooking books? Gambling industry rife with cheating (horse racing etc). Eels last year were the only team I seen get done for the roll play the ball.…"
"The more likely outcome is they will not fuck with us anytime soon. We showed we're not going to be pushed around and we have enough dirt on them to bring the comp to its knees. "
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"Totally agree!"
"Gawd please drop the matterson dumping talk to Melb Parra! Why let this talk sully our win. The continued talks to persue dumping Matto vibe, detracts from our great outcome. Just wear the 400k loss please. It's to melbs advantage only to keep it…"
"I don't think Melbourne were going to give Matto a guaranteed second year I think that's the reason it all collapsed."
"Tahu over Ben Smith as he's a dedicated left side centre and Killer is a no brainer on the right."
"Can't really blame him. Moving away for the same coin and same length of contract, especially with all this head knock stuff going on.
We can't be going to court and on one hand saying a contract has to mean something and then on the other hand be…"
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"Don't hate CG either. Had a pretty brutal run of injuries but before that was on cusp of origin. Would be a decent outcome for us"
"He would last 5 minutes with Bellamy.....way too soft for their program"
"And possibly have more expectations to work harder. The main deal was Melbourne would take him and pay him out. "
"I mean hey he has a deal for this year he is entitled to it and if there is an option for 2027 I would too ask for it to be guarenteed not an option in clubs favour.
Not saying it's right but he has the right to get what he is entitled to and ask…"
Not saying it's right but he has the right to get what he is entitled to and ask…"
"Maybe, being realistic, he knows that isn't really an option the way he is going."
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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.