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zzemme 
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| Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:08 pm)
Just saw it scroll on NFL Network
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Jcorye1
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:09 pm to zzemme)
Concussions are a bitch.
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RLDSC FAN 
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:10 pm to zzemme)
sucks for him because he's very talented but no need to risk your future by continuing to play.
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Smokedawg
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:10 pm to zzemme)
That sucks
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zzemme
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:10 pm to Jcorye1)
Sucks because he was fun to watch.
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pr0jektblack
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:12 pm to zzemme)
 
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usc6158
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:14 pm to zzemme)
The concussion he had against Oregon St was one of the scariest injuries I've ever seen
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zzemme
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:16 pm to usc6158)
Didn't he have a crazy somersault that about broke his neck? Or was that someone else.
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Melvin 
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:18 pm to zzemme)
I wish him the Best
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Jcorye1
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:18 pm to zzemme)
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Didn't he have a crazy somersault that about broke his neck? Or was that someone else.
Rob Gronkowski 
Seriously though, yes that was him.
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WB504
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:18 pm to usc6158)
I don't think many doctors want to risk their reps clearing him to play especially with all these lawsuits coming out.
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Hedonismbot
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:19 pm to zzemme)
Damn that sucks. Great kid and athlete. Very classy of the Lions to keep him an extra season so he can qualify for NFL pension.
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SpartyGator 
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:20 pm to zzemme)
Yeah, not really a shocker, TBH. He's taken some viscious shots over the years.
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Jim Rockford
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:20 pm to WB504)
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I don't think many doctors want to risk their reps clearing him to play especially with all these lawsuits coming out.
Another reason football as we know it is going the way of the dinosaur. And maybe it should.
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Jcorye1
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:21 pm to Jim Rockford)
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And maybe it should.
Make no mistake, these guys get compensated very well for what they do.
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RGJ18
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:23 pm to zzemme)
Damn that sucks
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Melvin
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:24 pm to Jim Rockford)
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And maybe it should.
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Davie Crocket 
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:25 pm to zzemme)
Damn
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Jim Rockford
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:29 pm to Jcorye1)
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Make no mistake, these guys get compensated very well for what they do.
HS kids get nothing, College kids get a scholly and whatever they get under the table. Even NFL players for the most part don't get much considering most of them only play a couple of years. And even the ones who do make out well...is it worth lifelong disability? These are the questions that are starting to be asked. If enough Mamas won't let enough Johnnys start playing football in middle school, there goes the talent base in ten years.
Boxing was once huge, it's now a somewhat disreputable niche sport populated by foreigners and people who can't make a living any other way. If football doesn't make radical changes, that's its future. And I don't know what kind of radical changes could be made that would 1: change things and 2: keep the kind of audience it has now.
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Jim Rockford
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| re: Jahvid Best unlikely to play football again (Posted on 1/26/13 at 5:31 pm to Melvin)
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I love football. I've played football. But times change.
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