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Joe Namath Says He Wouldn't Play Football Again
ABC News ^ | 2015-04-30 | DEAN SCHABNER

Posted on 04/30/2015 7:04:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Joe Namath, one of the most charismatic players in NFL history and one of the game's greatest quarterbacks, said today that if he'd known then what he knows now about concussions, he would never have played football.

Namath, who has recently undergone treatment for brain injuries, was asked in an interview with Tiffany Kenney of ABC's West Palm Beach, Florida, affiliate WPBF-TV whether would still play the game, given all he has learned about the effects of concussions.

"No," he said. "I hate to say that because if I had a child who wanted to play I'd let them play ... but I'd wait 'til he developed a little more.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: New York
KEYWORDS: abc; braininjuries; broadwayjoe; concussion; concussions; florida; jets; joenamath; namath; newyork; newyorkjets; nffl; nfl; tiffanykenney; westpalmbeach; wpbf
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“No,” he said. “I hate to say that because if I had a child who wanted to play I’d let them play ... but I’d wait ‘til he developed a little more.


Brain injury expression, for sure.


81 posted on 05/01/2015 3:33:17 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Stand Watch Listen

Thanks for that photo.

If you ever saw his whole name you would know why the called him Y.A.


82 posted on 05/01/2015 4:39:24 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: Alberta's Child

And he did it when the season was 14 games at the time.


83 posted on 05/01/2015 4:47:39 PM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools wnho cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: kiryandil
However, the sport has gone over the line of human body tolerance. NO ONE is made to take the sort of punishment which the best are capable of dishing out in this time.

We are not going to have.high schools play football in 10 years

84 posted on 08/22/2015 10:38:58 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican (.)
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