Posted on 09/24/2024 5:41:02 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Brett Favre once said, “Every game I’ve ever played meant the same to me. And I have laid it all on the line.” At the time, it sounded routine, but now, over a decade after his retirement, the meaning has taken a ‘literal’ twist. As the dangers of head trauma continue to unfold, the documentary ‘Concussed’ sheds light on the Packers legend Favre and the late Super Bowl champion Tyler Sash. Both men who gave everything on the field faced the lasting impact of concussions.
On August 15th, filmmaker David Kano hit the airwaves with the SNY New York Post, tackling a question from Brett Favre. It was as chilling as a December game in Green Bay: “If they told me I had CTE, do I really want to know?” This isn’t just about getting hit; it’s the heavy toll of head trauma, with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) often revealing itself only after death.
Kano didn’t shy away from the gritty details live on air. He recalled a moment when he and his team witnessed a doctor slicing open a brain, unveiling that CTE is visible only post-mortem. “You can see it [CTE] after you die,” Kano said, echoing the gravity of the situation. But like a demanding signal-caller, he sought answers by asking, “What about when we’re alive? Can we see how much [CTE] we have?” That’s when he recounted what Favre said. With no cure in sight and the condition only worsening with age, the question of the retired gridiron legend weighs heavily.
“You can’t make it better right now. It’s neurodegenerative, which means it only gets worse,” Kano stressed. In football, where concussions are as frequent as third-and-long situations, this issue often gets sidelined.
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In old times, I never understood players slapping each other the side of the head after a play.
Eventually they’ll ban football, if they refuse to change the rules.
Still not forgiving him. I and many of my friends watched his 'retirement' announcement (we were in TEARS!) and then the b@stard left GB, came OUT of retirement and went to play for The Vikings?!?!? Why not just stab us in the HEART on your way out the door?
Yeah. I don't wish you a physical illness, but you were a sh*t to us Green Bay Packers fans/owners. Jerk.
Oh, sorry! Did you want me to tell ya how I REALLY feel? LOL!
Or on the rump. I had a friend do that to me ‘once’. I told him he’d be laid out if he ever did it again. ( PTSD from childhood?)
Favre is a good guy. Loved him as a Packer. Hugely entertaining.
Personally, I think he should have gotten an Oscar for “There’s Something About Mary”.
I was gonna post THAT, too. ;)
Yeah, but she was a Niners fan.
They’ve already changed it so much it is practically touch football now. Where have you been the last 10 years?
That WAS a cute movie, and a totally unexpected cameo. I love him and yet, I still hate him!!
It’s like he’s my ex-husband, LOL!
They should go ahead with Jack Lambert’s suggestion and make quarterbacks wear dresses.
I would truly hope that some how, some way, someone would be able to detect CTE in its early stages, while the person is still alive!
Tua Tagovailoa. Damar Hamlin.
No way to do that yet. Right now, the best way to detect is if a person's behavior has changed all of a sudden.
I don't buy it.
He was a traditional passing quarterback.
I saw him being interviewed on Jesse Watters last week. He seemed kind of out of it. I knew something was going on. I always remember when he played that MNF game against my Raiders on the same day his father had died. It was an unbelievable performance. I hope he does the same thing against Parkinson’s.
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They used to go after the QB. Only in the past 10 years, the league is starting to do more to protect the QB.
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