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Is it just me, or is it odd they have to tell people that have been concussed they cannot return to the game?

I love that Batman commercial. I laugh everytime.

Campbell's Chunky Soup^TM?

If it was Dallas Clark and his answer was "rusty nails" i'd let him play

I would love to hear what Congress told Goodell to get him to reverse course so quickly.

Donnie wants kiss like on Showtime!

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bravo

/that was the best bad sitcom in a long time
//laura san giacomo is about perfect
///or at least she was in sex, lies, and videotape
////i know what i'm watchin tonight

"I hear you like smoking brown cigars."

denver

damnit.

"Coach says it's alright to bleed from the ears..."

ihatedumbpeople: Is it just me, or is it odd they have to tell people that have been concussed they cannot return to the game?

Well, see, I hate to be the one to tell you this. Players actually don't play because they give a fark about whatever bumfark team they play for. However, if that team wins, and wins a lot, they give them a whole metric assload of money. Couple that with a feeling of invincibility, and you get guys who would step in front of a moving truck for the size of the pay day they are offering.

Mr Guy: ihatedumbpeople: Is it just me, or is it odd they have to tell people that have been concussed they cannot return to the game?

Well, see, I hate to be the one to tell you this. Players actually don't play because they give a fark about whatever bumfark team they play for. However, if that team wins, and wins a lot, they give them a whole metric assload of money. Couple that with a feeling of invincibility, and you get guys who would step in front of a moving truck for the size of the pay day they are offering.

If they were smart, they'd golf. Tiger Woods made 99 million dollars last year. Now I realize that not everyone is going to be Tiger, but if you did one 1/100th that well, that's 900k a year....to play golf.

InferiousX
If they were smart, they'd golf. Tiger Woods made 99 million dollars last year. Now I realize that not everyone is going to be Tiger, but if you did one 1/100th that well, that's 900k a year....to play golf.

Thats just stupid. Why isn't everyone a pro golfer if it's so easy.

/Donnie want a green quarter.

farkingismybusiness: InferiousX
If they were smart, they'd golf. Tiger Woods made 99 million dollars last year. Now I realize that not everyone is going to be Tiger, but if you did one 1/100th that well, that's 900k a year....to play golf.

Thats just stupid. Why isn't everyone a pro golfer if it's so easy.

/Donnie want a green quarter.

I never said it was easy.

I'm saying the damage you do to yourself is considerably less and the payday is still impressive considering that you're getting paid to do what other people skip work to go do.

foo monkey: "I hear you like smoking brown cigars."

And when they ask you "what thread are you in?" and you can't answer correctly, then you should be held out from posting for at least a week.

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InferiousX: If they were smart, they'd golf. Tiger Woods made 99 million dollars last year. Now I realize that not everyone is going to be Tiger, but if you did one 1/100th that well, that's 900k a year....to play golf.

Talent and pay do not follow a linear correlation in professional sports.

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InferiousX: If they were smart, they'd golf. Tiger Woods made 99 million dollars last year. Now I realize that not everyone is going to be Tiger, but if you did one 1/100th that well, that's 900k a year....to play golf.

Talent and pay do not follow a linear correlation in professional sports.

Ok, again. Let's say you're making 40k a year. YOU'RE PLAYING GOLF FOR A LIVING....

Mr Guy: Players actually don't play because they give a fark about whatever bumfark team they play for. However, if that team wins, and wins a lot, they give them a whole metric assload of money. Couple that with a feeling of invincibility, and you get guys who would step in front of a moving truck for the size of the pay day they are offering.

You've obviously never been involved in elite athletics. These guys (and girls) are the most hyper-aggressive hyper-competititive people in the world. Like Type A++++++++++++++. They aint doing it just for the paycheck, they're doing it because they're the best, and they're going to prove it to everyone.

EnderWiggnz: These guys (and girls) are the most hyper-aggressive hyper-competititive people in the world.

Yup. And their desire to play got them where they are and is admirable.

It's an interesting issue -- on the one hand, team physicians (it could be argued) have a conflict of interest in assessing their players. On the other, they'd know them the best (i.e. maybe Ol' Ben Rothoweveryouspellit always sounds like a 45rpm record of a kid counting to potato played at 33rpm). And no black-and-white / three-strikes / whatever mandate is going to solve the problem. Or even be fair.

These organizations pay their players millions. They should invest in their players' (not to mention their own!) future and put a full-time neurologist on every payroll, with weekly baseline assessments of all players just to develop comparative data.

Then, at any game-incident concussion, there'd be two neurologists to do an evaluation (one from each team), one of which having a full background and patient knowledge. Recruit a neutral neurologist at every stadium site to be available at every game and you'd even have an objective 3-member committee to evaluate and recommend action (suspensions, say) for any injured player.

Doesn't seem that hard to solve, but then again I ain't got no big professional team or league to run, so whadda I know?

What will be *really* interesting is if they mandate some kind of must-sit-out-several-games rules... we may find out very quickly how much damage these guys do to themselves every game... and may suddenly need 6 QBs on the roster....

Agree:

InferiousX: Ok, again. Let's say you're making 40k a year. YOU'RE PLAYING GOLF FOR A LIVING....

That would suck for me.

Donnie want to climb tree!

/That's a metaphor. You're the tree.

I barely remember that episode from 10 years ago for the chicken pot pie and apple juice lines, and here it is referenced twice in the past week on a Fark headline...

ihatedumbpeople: Is it just me, or is it odd they have to tell people that have been concussed they cannot return to the game?

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InferiousX: If they were smart, they'd golf. Tiger Woods made 99 million dollars last year. Now I realize that not everyone is going to be Tiger, but if you did one 1/100th that well, that's 900k a year....to play golf.

Talent and pay do not follow a linear correlation in professional sports.

Ok, again. Let's say you're making 40k a year. YOU'RE PLAYING GOLF FOR A LIVING....

And you need reconstructive knee surgery every 5 years! WHAT A DEAL

Plus, you'd have to play golf all the time. Blech.

Compared to some of the shiat jobs I've had, at the time I was in them I would have taken up a golf occupation at the drop of a hat.

Well done smitty, that headline made me laugh til I had tears in my eyes.

chicken pot pie, my three favorite things! Or was it bacon tits beer?