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DerekJohnson
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DerekJohnson
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Interesting point was that no kids should play football before high school because, statistically speaking, playing before high school does nothing to improve the odds of making it to college and the pros. All it does is greatly increase the likelihood of brain issues later in life.
I watched a little bit of peewee football when my son was that age and thought it was stupid. There were always one or two big, fast, precocious kids and a bunch of booger eaters tripping over themselves. Nothing was gained by anyone from that mess, but several kids did manage to get injuries that plagued them all the way through high school.
Junior high didn't seem bad. I played it and felt like I it prepared me well. I wouldn't doubt it a bit that a robust analysis would show its useless for long term development though.
Relating to Joiner, chances are he will never do anything career wise he loves as much as football. He could get CTE but his life could suck anyways. I know nothing about the guy as a person.
What I do know is that he was a good football player and I admire him and anyone that does what they want. Most people love doing stuff they are good at. It’s even better when it can make you money. I would still want to play in the NFL too if I were him.
Tell me you voted for Joe Biden, without telling me you voted for Joe Biden.
He’s an adult, let him decide what he wants to do
Also, do CFL teams practice?
Nobody here is making decisions for anybody else, Mensa. But a bad idea is a bad idea.
Also, I think some are downplaying how dangerous concussions like that can be. I'm no doctor, but my understanding is that they are multiplicative, and not letting the last concussion completely heal and then getting another is extremely bad news. I played with two different players growing up who retired from football due to concussions. One never even made it past high school because the doctors told him his brain would become pudding if he got one more concussion. The other didn't have concussion issues through youth and high school ball, had his UW offer pulled when Slick Rick took over, and ended up at Idaho. He made it, I believe, three years before he also had to hang it up due to concussions.
In both cases, it wasn't a matter of, "Oh, he might have a hard time remembering where he put his car keys when he's 78 years old." No, it was a neurologist sitting him down, pointing to the scan, and saying, "See how your brain here is starting to look those blobs at the end of Metroid having a coke-fueled orgy? Another big hit like that could be your last."
Joyner's not the first player I've seen retire due to concussions and then find his way back onto the field somewhere else, so I'm curious how that decision works. What was he told by UW medical staff (no slouches), and what's behind his thinking that he should just play anyway?
The argument for players having the right to turn their brain into pudding if they so chose is very similar to debates over seat belt laws, helmet laws, product safety regulations, etc. It's an interesting one. My guess as to why he's turning up on a field in Canada instead of trying out for the NFL is that no team in the States would be dumb enough to expose themselves to the legal/negative PR risk of a player with a history of bad concussions.
1.) CTE
2.) CTE
3.) Eagles fans
4.) CTE
5.) CTE
The NFL is hiding from this scandal in the way that a three year old covers their own eyes and thinks that makes them invisible to seekers. They're prayingdoog.gif that this whole thing blows over without a major lawsuit from former players and/or major PR backlash from fans. They knew about CTE, they didn't warn players, it's pretty astonishing that the hammer hasn't already dropped.
At the team level, not sure how worried they'd be about a concussion prone player. At the league level? They're shitting their pants over this, hence all of the rules that have de-balled the game.
All of my speculation above about Joyner was just that: speculation. Usually, when a local hero tries out for an NFL team, there's news about it. In this case, we've heard crickets for something like four years, now he's turned up on a CFL roster, completely skipping attempting to cut out the middle man and trying out for a serious payday in the NFL. That seems weird to me, and it makes me wonder if the concussion history might have something to do with that. Just thinking out loud, nothing more.