Brett Favre says he's suffering from significant memory loss
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AlbertPullhoez
The Takeover
If they dont want to get hit in the head go play another sport. No reason in destroying football cause of being hurt in a sport you CHOSE to play. Man the fukk up you stupid if you played a physical, collision sport and not expected to have or end up with some type of issue long term
godkiller
"We are the Fury"
This type of attitude will destroy the sport. I'm thankful the league took preemptive action this season to protect player's heads and futures after football. Also, several players including Marshall and Bennett, have voiced support for the new rules so there's support within the player community itself. Marshall himself said that he has to think about his future after football.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
How does that attitude destroy the sport? The players know this going in
I promise you that the players knew. I guarantee it. The shyt they never talk about is the day after the game. We all talk. We tell each other that we asked a question two or three times in a row. We laugh about being too sore to get out of bed to take showers or go to the bathroom. Anytime any of us got injured we'd talk to the old heads and they'd let us know what was gonna stay with us. I saw that concussion lawsuit as a money grab. Maybe the players in the 40's and 50's had an excuse, but doctor's/research wouldn't be an excuse for anyone else after that......PLUS we don't know how much of an effect all them roids and painkillers were taking on people.
Someone mentioned Aikman and Young's mental health. I don't think either one of them was pushing pills like Brett was.
godkiller
"We are the Fury"
Persistent brain injuries, lawsuits and brain damage stories will damper interest in the sport as people deem it too dangerous to compete.
OG Talk
Archived
About the fast living...
Tim Brown made a statement last week that all these old heads blaming their health on head injuries and football were actually all alcoholics, coke and pill heads...He claims these head injuries are a result of "non Christian" living and not physical contact... Im suprised it wasnt a bigger story...
PacMan Jones
Pro
bretts a legend and a man and a pimp and a king of dikk pickin but its probably more the fact he was blackout binge drinking every day he didnt play and popping 15 heavy duty vicodin each day for years
given the amount of consecutive games he played, I am not shocked. Not to mention during that time the NFL wasn't so cautious when it came to concussion. So I'm sure he play in some games he should not have been in.
he said that? 
he said that? 
considering I've never played a day of football and I can't remember shyt these days at 30 plus years old, I can only imagine what it's like for these guys. I'm surprised they even know how to tie their shoes.
AlbertPullhoez
The Takeover
Boxers dont complain as much as football players regarding brain/head injuries and people actually can and have died in the ring.
R.E.N. Spells Ren
Veteran
OG Talk
Archived
Yeah on a Dan Lebatard interview...given the amount of consecutive games he played, I am not shocked. Not to mention during that time the NFL wasn't so cautious when it came to concussion. So I'm sure he play in some games he should not have been in.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
Ok...but we're talking about the players that decided to strap up. There was a tacit understanding of what comes with the sport in their parts from Day 1. They're being dishonest. Seeing Jerome Bettis a few years back BEFORE everything was exposed, crying over Earl Campells health problems showed that many of these players long knew what comes with the game. There's been too many examples of this for me to believe players are SUDDENLY like
"this could happen to me!!!"
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
bretts a legend and a man and a pimp and a king of dikk pickin but its probably more the fact he was blackout binge drinking every day he didnt play and popping 15 heavy duty vicodin each day for years
