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Posted on 1/30/16 at 5:55 pm to danilo
20 years tops.
Posted on 1/30/16 at 6:09 pm to danilo
Shows how well their chicken shite rules are working
Posted on 1/30/16 at 8:35 pm to danilo
The answer is clear. Stop drafting the best athletes in the world and start signing regular joes. I guarantee they would drop to about 20 per year.
Posted on 1/30/16 at 8:50 pm to tigerman03
So at most 7% of the league had a concussion?
Posted on 1/30/16 at 8:51 pm to SwaggerCopter
I recently watched an episode of America's Game on the 1998 Broncos. Shannon Sharpe said he suffered a concussion early in the second half against the Jets in the AFC Championship Game. He said he remembered the Broncos being down 10-0 at halftime. Next thing he knew, the Broncos were running out the clock up 23-10. Sharpe couldn't recall anything from the second half of that game besides the kneel downs to secure the win. He didn't even know they were going to the Super Bowl after that win or who they will be playing in that game. Not only that, Mike Shanahan was joking with Sharpe after the game that he wouldn't remember a single thing about their post game celebration. It was so strange how laissez faire they were about a player suffering a concussion and having memory loss.
Posted on 1/30/16 at 9:57 pm to danilo
I haven't looked at the numbers, but with all the scrutiny over concussions I would expect the number of diagnosed players to rise for several seasons.
Changing diagnosis criteria and improving diagnostics + many other factors could make the league look like it isn't making positive changes. It may be difficult to really see the effect of policy changes.
Changing diagnosis criteria and improving diagnostics + many other factors could make the league look like it isn't making positive changes. It may be difficult to really see the effect of policy changes.
Posted on 1/30/16 at 11:59 pm to danilo
16 games a week x 16 weeks = 256 games + 11 playoff games
= 267 games
About 1 per game is not good but not terrible either when you consider there are about 120 plays per game.
= 267 games
About 1 per game is not good but not terrible either when you consider there are about 120 plays per game.
Posted on 1/31/16 at 12:33 am to danilo
the simple fix is removing the helmets but nobody wants to do that. It's drastic but it would solve 85% of the issue overnight.
Posted on 1/31/16 at 12:34 am to NorthEndZone
I would say 271 out of 1696 roster spots is bad
Posted on 1/31/16 at 12:51 am to danilo
Baseball- America's pastime again 2020
Posted on 1/31/16 at 2:06 am to Draconian Sanctions
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the simple fix is removing the helmets but nobody wants to do that. It's drastic but it would solve 85% of the issue overnight.
Please tell me you're joking. Do you know what would happen if they got rid of helmets? It would cause catastrophic injuries like skull fractures and hemorrhages. Players wouldn't live long enough to develop CTE symptoms because they would be dying on the football field. There really is no way to solve the football safety issues outside of an outright ban on tackles. Quite frankly, the sport should have been abolished 100 years ago but Teddy Roosevelt had too much of a boner for the sport to make it go away.
Posted on 1/31/16 at 4:09 am to Bench McElroy
I think his point is that players with no helmet will tackle better, simply because they would be concerned about their own safety
Posted on 1/31/16 at 7:23 am to Draconian Sanctions
What? Several people died per year before the helmet was implemented. And that was back when just the athletic honkeys of the 1910-1920's were playing; a far cry from today's athlete.
Should they change the helmet now? Sure. But to get rid of it is asinine.
Should they change the helmet now? Sure. But to get rid of it is asinine.
Posted on 1/31/16 at 8:16 am to crazyLSUfan
Bring back Bronko's or Red's helmet.
Posted on 1/31/16 at 9:26 am to castorinho
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I think his point is that players with no helmet will tackle better, simply because they would be concerned about their own safety
With no helmet you'd see heads clashing and huge gashes much like boxing. You'd see more skull fractures on he bottom of pile ups. Knees to the head of a falling player make for easier concussions.
Posted on 1/31/16 at 10:57 am to danilo
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I would say 271 out of 1696 roster spots is bad
So a 16% chance (or less if some players are getting multiple ones) of getting one versus not earning at least $400,000 a year playing a game for entertainment.
Risk vs. reward.
Posted on 1/31/16 at 11:06 am to danilo
The problem is helmet technology has increased with the players. Many helmets are outdated and manufacturers haven't faced competition to change til now.
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