Posted on 10/25/2013 5:50:52 PM PDT by lee martell
Brett Favre played 321 consecutive games, and threw 552 touchdown passes in his 20 year NFL career. Brett, (D.O.B. Oct.10.69) is 44 now, and will not be returning to the field in that capacity. Nowadays, Brett says that he has experienced a few episodes of memory loss. Recently, Brett admitted uncertainty about how many of his accomplishments he could recall without some good natured prompting. Family issues as well, Brett says "I don't remember my daughter playing youth soccer one summer, and that concerns me. Brett supports the idea of better head protection for football players against trauma. He believes the aggressive spirit of the game doesn't have to be compromised. The trauma Brett was referring to is entitled Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE. CTE can only be fully identified post mortem, by a qualified coroner. The trauma occurs often but not exclusively in athletes who absorb repeated knocks and blows to the head. This could also include those in the martial arts, as in boxing or certain types of karate.
Brett may be over-worrying about the small changes of getting older and not being in tip-top, near Olympic condition, but time will tell. Now if Brett said that he commonly forgets that he even HAS a daughter at all, I would say, get thee to your neurologist today.
My 10 year old nephew collects football cards. I noticed one in his collection; a Grant Feasel. Grant Feasel was a 6ft7in player in the Seattle Seahawks around 1991. I don't keep up with this sort of sport detail. I'm more into politics or sociology. I do recall hearing of him years back. I was just curious as what this guy was doing now. Turns out he died July 15 2012 at the age of 52. I never could find out what he died from. I do recall hearing John Madden say to somebody, "Any, football player who goes through even one superbowl will have a new set of physical problems with them from that point on, It's a given". Hopefully, the game can be made a little safer without taking too much power play or spontaneity out of it. Americans do love their football experience served up hot and overflowing.
Well, boo hoo, hoo. I’d like to have retired when I was 44, but I’m much older than that and am still working. Cry me a river you NFL pukes.
Try getting older and see what your memory is like when trying to find a word that you know like the back of your hand and it won’t come.
Sports like football and boxing that by their nature result in repetitive head trauma and certainly harm the brain. However there is no law forcing people to box or play football. You cannot have both the freedom of individuals making choices and laws that restrict those choices. First they will pass laws to “protect the children”. Then given the cost to socialized medicine of caring for the injuries and brain damage, the sports will be heavily restricted. Then it will be a crime it even box or play football privately. BTW Brett had a history of opiate addiction.
I was at Southern Miss when Favre was there. He really was a great QB.
I have seen him make throws in the most awkward position and still have so much mustard on it, that the receiver could not handle it. Some of those at extremely long distances too.
He literally had the strongest throwing arm I have ever seen.
It would appear that leftists are salivating at the opportunity of discrediting the NFL and that yesterday's tobacco lawyers are circling again...like the vultures they are.But science is the only thing that matters here.
Have you ever played with athletes that are near pro level? I HAVE!!!
They are SOOOOOOO far beyond the HS or college level kids you played with.
Beyond natural ability, they have drive and determination far beyond the average person. Its that drive and determination and hard work that molded and formed that natural ability. Hard work that continued and excelled in the pro's.
I work in construction, in conditions that would make average people run away crying. I lift and carry large, heavy objects. I work in sweltering heat or zero degree temps. Rain, snow or shine.
I know what it was like to work in factories and what its like to work retail. Today, I work MUCH harder than I ever did in retail or factories. Often times just having to SUCK-IT-UP and DEAL-WITH-IT. But hey, the pay is relatively decent (but not what a pro athlete makes).
But the one thing I know, no matter how tough my job is, I don't go through anywhere near the punishment a pro athlete, ESPECIALLY a pro football player.
There’s no helmet that can stop the brain from going one way and the skull another way. You don’t have to be hit on the head for your brain to jiggle around, just a sudden force. You could be tackled in the body, fall down, trip, whatever. And there’s a lot of that in the course of a football career up to and through the bigs. It’s not one catastrophic hit or blow, it’s repeated moderate bumps to the brain, although getting these moderate blows soon after a true concussion might make the damage worse.
Meaningful HGH testing in particular might help curtail super fast 300+ behemoths that can play and train so hard and recover from injuries in record time over the course of a season. But the NFL, the players union, the sports media and what seems like a majority of NFL fans don’t really care, for a variety of reasons. If they did, you would see more stories about it, instead of outrage at the antics of thugs and the name Redskins.
Freegards
I forgot what I was going to say....
I’ve had 2 fractured skulls, 7 concussions, been run over by a car, and had a stroke but I’m OK. I guess some people are just lucky
The point is that they know what they are getting in to. They are making a trade off. They should accept the consequences.
Likewise, the person in the stands or at home, cheering the hits another makes or takes, then making stupid comments about said pro athlete.
I'm tired of people making @$$hole comments about pro athletes about how much money they make, blah blah blah.
Ever watch "The Deadliest Catch"? That's some bad@$$ work. Often a boat goes down or a man gets swept overboard, doing that line of work. I suppose we should have the attitude with them and their families of "Oh well...they knew what they were getting into"
Those fisherman are making an informed decision and taking a calculated risk...difficult dangerous work in exchange for the potential of a large payday. Same for professional athletes.
Brett can’t remember he retired, so what?
Hey Brett, I’d worry a whole lot more about lapses in moral consciousness than short term memory.
As long Brett is able to worry he’s o.k.
nah, Brett, you are just a big dorky dumb football player, but at least you got payed for playing a game
I do recall hearing John Madden say to somebody, “Any, football player who goes through even one superbowl will have a new set of physical problems with them from that point on, It’s a given”.
I grew up in Chicago when Ditka was coaching Da Bears, and I remember a kid at my school went to the same church as him. Even though he seemed in good shape on the sidelines, the kid said he would come into church on two canes, or even a wheelchair, because his knees were completely shot. He just toughed it out for the cameras during games, apparently.
Ha!
“Epic Red Sox Fail of 2012”
Freegards
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