he also needed AED....word is the injury was from a direct hit to the heart....
“word is the injury was from a direct hit to the heart”
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I wouldn’t be surprised if the hit did ring his heart’s bell a good one.
This might be a case of new rules encouraging chest instead of shoulder tackles. I’ll never rule out jab either. Pretty sure not a concussion, he jumped right up.
My father played football in the 1940s and in college in the 1950s
He played when they played without helmets. No face masks
He had vertebral fractures, had his teeth knocked out as did the guys he played with
We had football on for 30 years of college and NFL
No one ever dropped dead on the field
This is going to happen repeatedly in the next few years and we’re going to have to hear people say ‘it’s this or it’s that”
It is stroke. Period.
Agreed. I posted too hastily. Honestly, when I saw the gif of the hit, it looked like he got slammed in his heart area. Hit in that area, such as with a baseball, can cause death. Prayers for him and his family.