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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

Were you playing in the NFL this year? I think the Bucs could have won more games with you (at your age) starting than McGown.


21 posted on 04/30/2015 7:32:15 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: Right Brother

Aaron Rogers not on the list?? Peyton Manning, too.


22 posted on 04/30/2015 7:35:43 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: KarlInOhio

No Tampa...or Jacksonville...


23 posted on 04/30/2015 7:36:23 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: Right Brother
"Uh no"

Uh, yes.

24 posted on 04/30/2015 7:42:23 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: KarlInOhio

lol


25 posted on 04/30/2015 7:42:30 PM PDT by bramps
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What a crock. I understand that years of POT use will kill your old brain. That POC is history. If he hadn’t had football he would be an unemployed steel worker like his brother in Beaver falls, Pa. Shut up Joe before you embarrass yourself.


26 posted on 04/30/2015 7:44:10 PM PDT by iowacornman (Speak out with courage!!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
If not for that one game in Super Bowl III when he predicted a victory and beat the Baltimore Orioles 16-7, would we even remember who Joe Namath was?

His entire claim to fame seems to revolve around that one game.

He also did some pantyhose ads in the early 1970s. I guess that caused a stir as well.

27 posted on 04/30/2015 7:44:45 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Right Brother

This may be flame worthy but I loved Jim mcman he was just fun to watch and what a year that was nfl has gone kaput since I barly watch super bowl is about it would love to have a so cal team again


28 posted on 04/30/2015 7:45:17 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: SamAdams76

didn’t he get a broken leg right on the field?


29 posted on 04/30/2015 7:45:24 PM PDT by GeronL (Clearly Cruz 2016)
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To: EveningStar

Namath was one the first of new style, quick release qbs. There were great passing qbs like Unitas, Sonny Jurgenson, and Y.A. Tittle, but Namath was the first qb I saw who had a quick release. Starr was a great qb, but although he was very accurate, he only had a mediocre arm. He won with his brain.


30 posted on 04/30/2015 7:46:02 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: SamAdams76
If not for that one game in Super Bowl III when he predicted a victory and beat the Baltimore Orioles 16-7,

Wow. That would be memorable. I think you mean the Colts.

31 posted on 04/30/2015 7:48:24 PM PDT by thesharkboy (posting without reading the article since 1998)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

32 posted on 04/30/2015 7:49:01 PM PDT by FlJoePa
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To: yarddog

Namath was a great running QB up until he hurt his knee playing for Bama.


33 posted on 04/30/2015 7:51:50 PM PDT by ohioman
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To: EveningStar
He has a great point, you know. Without your brain you're nothing.

Never stopped Ted kennedy or Joe Biden or a whole lot of other democrats.

34 posted on 04/30/2015 7:52:23 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Easy to say after you have made your money from playing and endorsement deals. Shut up Joe.


35 posted on 04/30/2015 7:54:03 PM PDT by mrsixpack36
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To: Right Brother

Namath deserves to be called one of the best. You can only really gauge a player in the era that they played. Namath was the dominant QB in the NFL in ‘69 and the AFL in ‘68 and won a SB in the bargain. Nobody get a ring for stats.


36 posted on 04/30/2015 7:55:05 PM PDT by Poison Pill
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To: yarddog
I knew he was a great QB but didn’t know about his athleticism.

Was a good running QB at Bama until his first knee injury, and was a good basketball player. He played on a bad knee` from his sophomore year on, two bad knees all during his pro career.

37 posted on 04/30/2015 7:57:09 PM PDT by Will88
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To: EveningStar
"Now Johnny Unitas, there's a haircut you could set your watch by!"

~Grandpa Simpson


38 posted on 04/30/2015 7:57:26 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Roll Tide! Without football, Namath would be a total unknown.


39 posted on 04/30/2015 8:05:13 PM PDT by ohioman
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To: Pappy Smear
The guys on the field are the best at what they do. And that is one of the key reasons why the NFL is so popular. The guys on the field aren't diversity hires. People like watching the best.

This is the plain truth.

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.

40 posted on 04/30/2015 8:05:53 PM PDT by kiryandil (Egging the battleship USS Sarah Palin from their little Progressive rowboats...)
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