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Jim McMahon, 6 others sue NFL over concussions
CBS News ^
| 8/20/2011
| Staff
Posted on 08/20/2011 3:24:33 PM PDT by Scanian
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posted on
08/20/2011 3:24:36 PM PDT
by
Scanian
To: Scanian
“forgets why he entered a room”
Yeah? Is he over 50?
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posted on
08/20/2011 3:27:13 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: Scanian
....and forgets why he entered a room. ..wait till he gets into his 60's and finds the TV remote in the front seat of the car.....dat'll stump him
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posted on
08/20/2011 3:28:00 PM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Scanian
Hey Jim, are you sure it wasn't the
Car Accident that did it, or maybe too many Super Bowl "shuffles?"
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posted on
08/20/2011 3:28:03 PM PDT
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
To: Scanian
The NFL has been totally cavalier about players "getting their bell rung" for years, as have lower level coaches. Some of them seem to think it's a joke. The neurological effects of concussion have been well known. The case for negligence is strong.
To: Scanian
This won't go away.
One persons solution was to go back to leather helmets!
His reasoning is that heads would not be used as weapons any more, and less injuries would happen as a result.
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posted on
08/20/2011 3:29:27 PM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(I love how the FR spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "Obama")
To: Scanian
McMahon’s problem is going to be proving he wasn’t messed up in the head before he entered the NFL.
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posted on
08/20/2011 3:30:27 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: Scanian
I’m happy if I can still remember what I’m looking for after I find my glasses.
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posted on
08/20/2011 3:32:21 PM PDT
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: RichInOC
So maybe they oughta have thought about that before excepting millions of dollars? Ya think?
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posted on
08/20/2011 3:32:31 PM PDT
by
Mmogamer
(I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
To: hinckley buzzard
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posted on
08/20/2011 3:33:42 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
08/20/2011 3:33:42 PM PDT
by
Cheburashka
(Blade Runner was set in 2019. Except for the flying cars and replicants we're right on schedule.)
To: HereInTheHeartland
Good strategy on leather helmets. How many concussionsa with rugby players? I played for 10 years and you could tell who the the newbies were. Thet would always lead with their head but only their first practice. They learned how to tackle after that.
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posted on
08/20/2011 3:35:15 PM PDT
by
lp boonie
(Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment)
To: HereInTheHeartland
I agree with the leather helmet theory.
Those of us who are old enough to remember them-—or even to have used them-—also recall that concussions were rare and “spearing” tactics and leading with the head were much less common.
Have a look at YouTube videos which feature “Old time football” and the difference in tackling technique is striking. Players “wrapped up” and there was very little “collision” type tackles compared to what we have today.
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posted on
08/20/2011 3:35:29 PM PDT
by
Scanian
To: HereInTheHeartland
Good strategy on leather helmets. How many concussionsa with rugby players? I played for 10 years and you could tell who the the newbies were. Thet would always lead with their head but only their first practice. They learned how to tackle after that.
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posted on
08/20/2011 3:35:37 PM PDT
by
lp boonie
(Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment)
To: hinckley buzzard; 4everontheRight; ABG(anybody but Gore); Abbeville Conservative; akorahil; ...
Isn’t it a voluntary assumption of a known risk?
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posted on
08/20/2011 3:36:42 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(0bama got 0sama?? Really, was 0sama on the golf course?)
To: Cheburashka
Then forgetting why he entered a room is just the beginning.
All kidding aside, I know concussions are serious and multiple concussions can certainly lead to permanent problems.
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posted on
08/20/2011 3:36:48 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: hinckley buzzard
I will go a step further and say this could be the eventual deathnell of the sport as we know it. Negligence or not, concussions will happen in football — a lot. As public awareness grows I see high schools giving up the sport and many parents not letting their children play. I played small time HS football, but even then I remember having a throbbing headache every night after practice or game.
To: hinckley buzzard
I will go a step further and say this could be the eventual deathnell of the sport as we know it. Negligence or not, concussions will happen in football — a lot. As public awareness grows I see high schools giving up the sport and many parents not letting their children play. I played small time HS football, but even then I remember having a throbbing headache every night after practice or game.
To: Doogle
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posted on
08/20/2011 3:40:03 PM PDT
by
Dem Guard
(Obama's 57 States = The Organization of The Islamic Conference (OIC).)
To: lp boonie
With the players continuing to get faster and stronger; but not the human skull; something needs to be done.
It seems like the concussion thing is very real. Sad to read about some of these former players condition.
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posted on
08/20/2011 3:40:10 PM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(I love how the FR spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "Obama")
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