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Re: The Academy Award goes to Jamal Lewis
That is all it is a big money grab, all these former players are just seeing dollar signs. Many of them are broke and it isn't costing them a penny, so why not!
They are hoping the NFL just settles and they get a new Benz in the driveway.
If I hear sensitivity to light, memory loss or lack of sleep one more time I am going to throw up. They all got the talking points and every one is saying the same exact thing right out of the "symptoms of a concussion" playbook.
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05-07-2012, 03:18 PM #38Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: The Academy Award goes to Jamal Lewis
Was this the clip you saw?
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=7536645
If so, it's an older one. But still very relevant.
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Re: The Academy Award goes to Jamal Lewis
Video won't load but I would guess yes.
I only watched about a minute afterwards, and had to turn it off when Lomas Brown claimed that he has social anxiety and has fear of large crowds because of all the trauma he has suffered. It should be noted that the host could be heard laughing in the background as he said this, true story.
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05-07-2012, 03:33 PM #40Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: The Academy Award goes to Jamal Lewis
You are so right! Turn on TV and see the ads for lawyers today "Have you been injured? You may be entitled to a large settlement!" They goad people into suing because they know there's no negative impact on them if they lose...which they rarely do because companies would rather settle than go to court in a multi-million dollar lawsuit. Every football player knows there is a risk of injury, but they put that aside for (IMO) two reasons : (1) they feel they're young and indestructible (2) the money is so BIG. "RISK / REWARD" is part of life, so why should they be immune to it? ... Bc
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05-07-2012, 03:36 PM #42
Re: What do we think of Florio's article?
Boxing:
http://content.usatoday.com/communit...de-in-a-year/1
Hockey players get concussions, but they aren't subjected to all of the non-concussive hits that football players absorb. Those repeated hits, in some cases a thousand or more per year, are what appear to be causing a lot of the damage.
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Re: The Academy Award goes to Jamal Lewis
Maybe one day John Grisham will write a book on all this :)
He's a great man for entertaining stories about lawyers and lawsuits.
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05-07-2012, 03:38 PM #44Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: What do we think of Florio's article?
I heard a doctor talking about this very subject, and he explained that it doesn't matter what you do to the helmet it won't help with concussions. He said the modern helmet(and every one before it) is designed to prevent skull fractures and the like, and there is nothing you can do to stop the brain from oscillating inside the skull which is what happens with a concussion.
You can have all the padding, all the technology you want inside the helmet but the impact from a hit and the brain jarring itself inside the skull just can't be prevented. Obviously a better helmet couldn't hurt but it does very little to help it just isn't possible with the nature of the injury.
He explained it much better than I could if that doesn't make sense.
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Re: What do we think of Florio's article?
I posted some stuff about the newer equipment that is becoming more and more available to players and there are a fair amount of programs that are making these types of helmets mandatory uniform items for their programs because of the improved safety features.
Here is an article from Virginia Tech on it...
http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/20...etratings.html
The information is based on a new evaluation methodology that incorporated eight years of data and analysis, quantifying head impact exposure and risk of concussion. The testing data showed that the overall best helmet currently available to the public is the Riddell Revolution Speed, which earned the only "5-star" rating. The next category includes five very good performing helmets that were all given a "4-star" rating: Schutt ION 4D, Schutt DNA Pro+, Xenith X1, Riddell Revolution, and Riddell Revolution IQ, according to Stefan Duma who directed the project.
Seems to me that if the NFL is serious about concussions then they will make these helmets mandatory uniform items for every player.Disclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.
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05-07-2012, 03:51 PM #47Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: What do we think of Florio's article?
It makes sense. I've read the same thing too.
What I have read is that it wont eliminate concussions completely. Rather, it limits certain kinds of concussions because of its energy absorption properties. For example, that type of helmet may have helped Colt McCoy last year since his was a helmet-to-helmet hit, with not as much sudden lateral movement to the rear like we saw with Carson Palmer and his head bouncing off the turf a few years ago.
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Re: Concussions in Sports -- From PFT, ESPN, etc (Merged)
Inside look of the Revo speed:
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