Football, Violence, and Troy Aikman's Concussion Story: League of Denial (Part 2 of 9) | FRONTLINE
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2014
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“Here come the hits, the bangs the blocks, and the spikes!” FRONTLINE investigates how the NFL and Monday Night Football markets violence - and the players who pay the price. Included, a chilling account from Troy Aikman's agent, Leigh Steinberg, on what the football legend experienced following a crushing blow to the head during a championship game.
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What's crazy is that Troy's agent kept answering Troy's repeated questions but yet watched him play for 7 more seasons. As long as the agent keeps collecting his commissions, he couldn't care less about his client's well being.
Yeah. Cause Troy is going to retire from the game he loves and has built his identity over because of the misgivings of his agent. Go touch grass.
This is the most important sports documentary ever made. Ever.
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A professional wrestler Buh Buh Dudley had a cu
concussion during a match. When they took him to the hospital to be evaluated he ask about his mother. A fellow wrestler told him that his mom passed away two years ago. He started crying uncontrollably. Then he asked the same question, the wrestler told him the answer. He started crying uncontrollably again. Wow...
That is so sad 😭. I'm adapting to repeated questions honestly given cases like this
Wow
Does it makes sense for the NFL to move to a 17 game season.
What's the video called
@@Casper50002 it was from a podcast
Thank you so much to Frontline for covering this very important subject so well!
I got a bump on the head in the sixth grade while on a hiking field trip. I remember hiking back and something was seriously wrong with my vision. I could only see a small area in part of my peripheral vision, It was scary but eventually came back. I suffered a hard hit playing football in HS a few years later and, again, my vision went screwy for awhile ('bout an hour). I later got a concussion, playing football, that put me in the hospital overnight. Again, my vision problem returned. Im in my 50s now and, as an adult, I have experienced random periods where my vision goes screwy...like it did when I had hit my head in school. These episodes of vision loss, however, are followed by headaches. I think these headaches are migraines because they can be pretty intense. Now, I find myself looking for answers or people who have similar issues.
We have to understand, these awesome NFL players like Aikman are build different than you or me. Even as their athletic bodies are huge and massive, they are still prone to brain injury of this level. 10 Minutes later after asking the same questions -Airman: "What am i doing here?" That's scary...
No respect for ta after his dress apology.
Yeah the brain is extremely vulnerable. It can’t be conditioned or trained like the rest of the body, once it takes it hit it becomes weaker and more susceptible to other hits
Money is uselesess if you can't enjoy it..... cause you 're always sick, injured...
the Troy Aikman part of that is so close to what my mom went through from her aneurysm/ stroke episode (double whammy, no half-asses in my family)
why am i in the hospital? we think you had a stroke and an aneurysm. [shock and fear, she knew that was very bad news] a few minutes later, same thing. few minutes later, same thing. my dad had to leave the room, but i sat and kept telling her what had happened. its very scary. the brain is a fragile thing.
+OopzyDayzy there's a huge difference between things we can't control and things WE CAN we CAN control avoiding football as a sport. the players are the LAST to benefit from football.
i absolutely agree. i was just recognizing the similarities in symptoms.
of course, my mom could have avoided smoking and doing brain damaging drugs in her youth too, so there are probably a lot of things in the day-to-day that we could choose not to do and protect ourselves from long term damages. not just avoiding football.
Semi-unrelated but my fiancé had a severe psychosis episode that lasted almost a month. She was extremely paranoid and said things that made no sense. Thought I was watching her turn schizophrenic right in front of me. It was very difficult to see her in that state. In short... you’re so right- the brain is a scary thing if you lose control.
I used to think football players were overpaid. Now I understand why they get what they can.
It's for there family's for after they die when there 55
Agreed. I think the NFL and their respective teams need to scan all players periodically and especially if the players suffered injuries. If there is a serious injury the player needs to be given time off from playing. The NFL also needs to put a percentage of their revenues into a fund that takes care of injured players.
+Talltrees84 CTE signs can only be found when the football player has already died.
+Talltrees84 Better yet all the NFL has to do is pay these guys huge for shorter stints in the NFL. like say $60million for 6 - 10 years. that it. up to 10 years not 18 - 20 years that's freeking crazy.
+MK Dallas the NFL doesn't get paid anything compare to all other sports.... their contracts aren't even fully guaranteed
When I was 11, riding a bike down a hill when the chain broke and had no breaks, last thing I remember was the bike zig zagging and then everything went black. The time was 5pm. From then on until 5a.m I would live a nightmare. Remember bits and pieces from then on. I was out cold when when helped arrived and my parents rushed me to the hospital. I was told I kept asking the same questions over and over, "Where is my dad"....my dad was next to me. "Where am I"......you're in the hospital. "Where is my dad".....this went on for hours. All I remember is having severe panic. I felt I was like in another dimension. Things and objects seemed to be moving and staring at me. I finally came back from the nightmare around sunrise. The diagnoses would be a sever concussion. For weeks my mom would wake me in the middle of the night to ask me where was I and what was my name. A severe concussion is a very bad and freighting thing that can ever happen to you.
I have NEVER applauded a "nasty hit" on a player. Instead I and millions of fans like me have cringed at what might have happened to a player who gets slammed down. StocktonRob
My nephew has the same kind of injury from hitting the back of a truck while riding a moped that he wasn’t supposed to be riding on. Kept asking the same question over and over and over again. “What Happened “?? For 24 hours.
Is he ok now?
I HATE the violence in football. I love the athleticism, skill, strategy, teamwork and finesse. It's a chess match, it's a dance, but with braun and raw speed and power. I could do without the brutality. ESPECIALLY given the concussions and brain damage. i think a lot of other people would agree with me.
Football isn't a chess match, it's not ballet.. it's a brutal disgusting game that I am ashamed to say I watch
@@mitchelll3879 what an absurd statement
Yeah honestly they should make the rules so that only below the shoulder tackles are allowed. I know they got rid of helmet to helmet contact and shoulder to helmet (unnecessary roughness) but they could still make the game a lot safer. Concussions are still going to happen regardless just less of them
amazing stuff :)
Oh man. As someone with PCS currently, I identify with this so much. Sitting in dark rooms/hospital rooms, can't be around people or noise, weird memory and confusion.
Did your pcs get better?
Jesus Jesus Jesus
these helmets are stronger than motorcycle helmets! to knock off a helmet off a player implies that this dude is getting hit by a motorcycle everytime there's a connection.
+slater1ist Very interesting point.
slater1ist it's the brains impact against the skull which does the damage.
slater1ist the hardest hit recorded was the same as a high speed car crash on the highway
Travy T exactly the helmet can protect your skull but not protect your brain from rattling back and forth
It doesn't even take a direct hit to do damage. Watch their heads bobble side to side or back to front. Inside those skulls their brains are getting bashed around like bumper cars. And that damage is NOT TREATABLE. The constant bruising and bashing just extends the damage deeper into the cortex. Those cells are DEAD. They don't regrow. Watch Ben Utecht's videos on this topic here to really understand the price these players pay.
1:35 - is that Bill Burr’s grandfather!? Hahahahaha!!
5:36 Similar thing happened when I fell of a horse once. People thought I was messing with them.
NFL contracts need to be higher. They make pennies compared to the owners and goodell.
That's not the point of this documentary. This documentary calls into question whether or not football should even be played.
Yeoj Eztarp probably not. But the people need somewhere to channel their violence and anger. As long as they've got their football to distract them everything will be okay.
Our own government funds it! Aka we fund it.
Football is ingrained in our society. People love violence.
That, and our government loves keeping us at bay. As long as everyone has their football they could care less how poor they are.
Spencer G
They need to be much less
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The people that own the teams. Much like the rest of the country. You can bitch and moan all you want about wages and how owners are greedy and all that shit but it isn’t your place to count someone else’s money and without the owners of big companies you wouldn’t have anything. That top 1% that people love to bitch about, supports the rest of the people. Without them society would crumble.
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The workers make the 1%.
Many in the 1% simply inherited Daddy’s money. Fact!
As long as the NFL is operating they need to be liable for their players for the rest of their lives medically. Sincerely.
I remember getting hit in the head by a transmission slipping off a carjack .
I can’t remember putting it back together.
What I do was vomiting going into a dark and going to sleep , ever since I can hardly read as well as I use to , everyday I can only stand dark rooms .
I had this happen in late 80s had no idea what a concussion was .
I can only imagine being football player and going back again and again .
My sister ended up with a pretty serious concussion after someone ran her off the road, and her car rolled over. This was 25 plus years ago. Since then, she has had tremors in her hands, she has not been able to go to amusement parks because the roller coasters make her sick (never a problem before), and she has problems in elevators, etc. I love how people call these guys crybabies. smh.
Troy A. is now two years older than Mike W. when he died. I assume he's got great genetics to be doing so well after the many terrible hits he took. Maybe some guys get crushed for years and can luck out and avoid CTE. My father recently fell and got a serious concussion. Seeing his behavior and confusion was truly an awful experience. We still understand so little about the brain. We need new meds. for brain diseases, especially the ones that attack the elderly. I've seen dementia up close and I'd much rather be dead that have it.
To play Devils advocate, Mike Webster from the sounds of it had some other really bad health issues ON TOP of him having CTE. Maybe if he didn't have those issues he would have lived longer and not been as badly affected until he'd reached an older age?
No, no, that’s not how it works. He *does* have it(from playing football from at least HS and onward), but it might take a while to manifest, or it might manifest in a different way. It could be simply memory that I’d the issue, as with Tony Dorsett; he doesn’t have any aggression issues, any tremors, any madness of any kind, just a bad memory and splitting headaches, along with dizziness. And Tony is confident that he has the disease.
We understand almost everything about the brain. Neil degrasse tyson says we understand almost everything there is to know about the human brain and psychiatrists will be rendered useless in the near future
@@mikerepmo No offense but that's not true at all. We know relatively little about the brain. For example, psychiatrists give scripts and big Pharma sell a ton of antidepressants and yet no one fully understands how the drugs work. Another example is how medications for Alzheimer's Disease (and other brain diseases) are valued in the stock market. Successes in drug that deal with the brain are rare and, when we see them, they get a huge premium over drugs for other areas of the body. That's simply because we don't know much (or you could anywhere near enough) about the brain. Trust me...I WISH you were right! Thanks for the comment.
Damn. What happens to Troy is darn right scary. Idk what else to say.
Modern day gladiators
I have loved football for many years.. the great plays and the touchdowns yes.. the hits and tackles.. no ...cause you never know if it's gonna a be a players last. The sound alone of them always makes me cringe. :(
Stop saying we the fans like the “violence” of the game. That’s fucken idiotic. Football is an exciting sport to watch. The catch, run, physicality and strategy of the game is entertaining. Injuries and CTE is not wished upon any player. We as fans understand of the injuries and would really wish less of it. STOP SAYING WE LOVE THE VIOLENCE
LeafVillage UchihaClan I like the injuries. Sorry bro.
same here, I love seeing guys get their helmets knocked off
I wonder if Roger Staubach experienced the after effects of any of his NFL concussions the way that Troy Aikman did after that 1993 NFC Championship win over the 49ers. Especially the part where Troy keeps asking the same questions over and over and over . . . . . ... ..
He did. 5 concussions in 1 year. His wife told him to get out.
I love football , but my son will not play it, there are other sports as fun as football and more healthier, baseball, soccer, basketball, volleyball etc
Piroca, the word more is often unnecessary and grammatically incorrect, healthier doesn't need to be preceded by the word more and healthier is preferable to more healthy. Just thought I'd point that out.
Powerful
I have observed among students that while it is not ever acceptable to roughhouse at school, many of those students who play contact sports in local little leagues have the hardest time understanding that it is not safe to tackle, not okay to put their hands on other students forcefully in class, at recess, etc. I suppose it can be quite bewildering to them to spend Monday through Friday in a class, trying to exercise restraint, when at all the practices and games, people are cheering you on to clobber players on the other team. No matter how much you discipline them about it at school, many of these youngsters way too often cannot remember to refrain from putting their hands and other body parts on their classmates at school. And there are parents out there, who will not appreciate it when your all-star little Junior chest bumps, tackles, or plays too roughly with their child and it results in the injury of their child.
Betsy Collins are you for real
Zero Gravity Gaming dude humans are utter pieces of dog shit parents, and also kids are pos as well humans it's in there dna to only care about themselves
dog person I suppose you’re right but Idk how that’s relevant here bro. I asked her if she was for real bc as boys we roughhouse disputes & she seems to be using that as an argument against all the good that football does for society
A bigger problem is that the school system has never really attempted to deal with bullying adequately. Obviously no one wants to see kids being hurt at school but we can't realistically expect boys to mimic female Behavior and to believe that the solution to hyperactivity is Ritalin.
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Lol 2:05 How is Ed Reed on the sideline reacting to his own huge block?
And still Troy played and won the Super Bowl against the Bills in Atlanta two weeks later??? Fuck, no wonder we used to nickname him RoboQB!!
I'm uneasy and concerned about the concussion issue but as long as football players are paid well, there will be plenty of them. That's just life. I don't like to see people hurt but I don't like being told what to do, or not do, even more. Your body; your choice, in my humble opinion.
+james lachs That argument stops working when children start emulating adult players. They aren't old enough or mature enough to make that call. In League of Denial, I saw a very young player knocked senseless. it made me feel sick. Any thinking, feeling adult would have felt the same.
+FDzerzhinsky I see your point and respect it. I've seen young players knocked senseless too and it's sickening. It's sickening to see any child get hurt. Innocent children playing, or not playing, football is based on their parents' or guardians' decisions. Like it or not, I believe that's just the way is works. If you think my argument stops at children getting hurt, then respectfully, I think you're in denial. Life is damn tough and people make all kinds of decisions to try to better their lives and the lives of their families. People want to police these decisions? It's none of their business. Their are consequences for decisions and concussions are consequences of the game of football. In my opinion, we should be pragmatic about the game. Let's do what we can to make football a safer sport but not deny people personal decisions. As a wise Supreme Court Justice once said, "your rights stop where my nose begins." In other words, let people make their own decisions as long as they are not affecting you. If you don't like football or you don't want your son/s to play it, there's a simple solution. Move on and mind your own business.
james lachs that's a stupid way of thinking that last part. Fuck the NFL. $14 billion dollar company. Of course they don't wanna get rid of it. Fucking NFL is a pos scum company
NFL needs to have guaranteed contracts period this guys are in pain constantly nfl contacts are cutthroat once you get hurt they try to waive yoy
Here's an idea...let's have 17 games!! The League doesn't give a damn about the players
Towards the end of the play shown at 1:19, we get to see Norm Thompson's (#43 for the Colts) strong effort to tackle Tony Dorsett before he gets clear into the open field on his way to the end zone.
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the biggest bad guy in football is the FAN short for FANATIC. the fans quit watching the advertising dollars disappear the NFL disappears. its that simple.
Yup! Fans are addicted to football. The ratings for this sport increases every year.
Holy shit!! With an idea like that, so beautifully crafted and deeply thought out, you're a billionaire, celebrity, megalomaniac, and future United States President without a single doubt. Fuck me with a foot, what a solution. Fireworks.
well donald trump in the president
That’s right. The NHL too
The Aikman repeated questions revelation is chilling. It's a sad commentary about the sports fan and the desire for the "excitement " of the game when you realize the implications to the players.
Watched one of the Broncos back to back Superbowl wins and Terrell Davis got hit so hard he couldn't see and told the coaches he couldn't see. Darn coach put him back in the game because " the other team won't think it's a running play if you are on the bench" said coach. The dude couldn't see anything , 😬
Terrell Davis suffered from migraine headaches which are extremely painful. People have said the pain can become so intense it causes them to experience temporary blindness.
My kid will "NOT" play football
GM FOLK hell yea man. Someone with some damn sense.
Flag football is getting off the ground. Good idea honestly, no risk for head trauma and fundamentals are pushed as you play for the ball or flag. Stiff arms are illegal and known as flag guarding.
kevin turner story is scary too
No amount of money or glory worth it at the end.
i just watched a game from 91 aikman was beat down all day 11 sacks i cant imagine how he got thru that i bet he had just a day or 2 off before going back into practice for the next game
the time I got introduce with this game I hated it for nasty crash. don't know why.
I love football. Its the only sport i watch. I 100% do Not watch it for the violent. When Demar went down i was devastated. I watch it for the strategy.
The NFL denies science when it fits their narrative. Now they're experts on the virus. 🤣
NFL players needs to get pay more. It's tough to see things like CTE occurring but the love for football runs deep in America. Shutting down the NFL isn't an option. The best way is maybe developed more advance gears & equipment that provides the state of the art protection for players, implementing rules & regulations to help lessen the violence and make the game safer for players, and teaching players to tackle using proper form etc.
The NFL won't be closing their doors anytime soon. But hopefully with more understanding, research & studies on the issue would provide many new solutions that can change the game for the better. The one thing that I do find sad is seeing the US president criticizing the NFL for implementing rules to make it safer for the players...
During a play from scrimmage, 3 ppl usually touch the ball. What are the other 19 other ppl, on the field, supposed to do? Block for person with ball or stop person with ball.
It is simple, if you don't like football, don't watch it. If you don't want your kids to play football, then don't let them. But don't advocate that they should 'ban' football because of CTE or other health risks. Boxing, Kickboxing, MMA, Hockey, and pretty much any contact sport is gonna have risks for head trauma. Should we ban every sport where athletes take shots to the head? If so, at least you'd be consistent. To tackle just the NFL for this is issue is unfair to players and fans who love the game. Most NFL players are aware of the risk, and are willing to take it. So let them be.
Trenton You realise the reason people hate the nfl is because they denied the fact that multiple hits to the head causes brain damage, right? And that players were not aware of the risks?
Trenton Also, many neurologist have been calling for a ban on sports like boxing since the 1950's. To say that they called for a ban on the nfl only could not be farther from the truth.
Most people don't know the extent of the risks. In fact, the definition of a concussion has changed. Also, that you don't need concussions to get brain damage. You honestly think all those parents who put their kids in football know the risks? No, they don't. Don't they know what CTE is or what statistics of getting it is? Of course not. They assume the sport is safe enough. You think people know that helmets or headgear protect you? Such things don't protect you. Most people don't know that.
Trenton no it's not simple. People who want the NFL it stop actually have compassion and care for human beings unlike you with that piece if dog shit statement. Simple my ass.
@@thelegendkillersshittyduff1335 It's good they care and I applaud the effort to make sure anyone taking part in football is fully informed of the risks.
But they shouldn't be stopping people from having the choice to take part in such sports. If after weighing up the risks you decide to play, that should be the players choice and his alone.
I have a different thought. What would happen if football was played without helmets and pads? There are a lot of hits that wouldn't be made if there were no helmets and pads. You sure wouldn't lead with your head if you didn't have a helmet. Better tackling fundamentals would have to occur also.
Disappointed... no caption for hearing impaired except for parts 1 and 2 out of 9.
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I wonder if the helmets kind of help dehumanize the violence, because you can't see their face.
Like when I watch soccer and players bang heads and lay on the ground, it gives me chills. I remember watching one player go into the fencing response and my heart dropped, the players turned him sideways so he wouldn't choke on his tongue, and the camera quickly cut away.
However, maybe not, since Rugby's really violent as well. I had to stop watching when I saw one dude with no front teeth with streams of blood drip from his forehead to his neck carry on like it was nothing.
Soccer players are the worlds best at flopping
Give them a 👋 in they on the field like fish 🐠 out of 💦
Is he okay today?
Now I understand why NFL Players makes so much and hold out when they want more...
Gladiators
As bad as the concussion issue is in football . I wonder what Joe Frazier and Ali's brain looked like.
like they say it's like having a car accident.
Leigh Steinberg probably has never had a paper cut in his life yet he profited handsomely off of these players. Although agents are necessary liaisons between players and greedy owners, they have always been profiteers and parasites in the game. Maybe Leigh should have advised ole Troy to hang em up after that hospital encounter. I can only assume that he didn't. Such advice would put a dent in Leigh's income.....
Beefaroni that Leigh is a piece of dog shit
Yes, agents and promoters are bloodsuckers who become wealthy exploiting other people's talents.
The helmet does nothing to protect the brain from impacting the inside of the skull. In fact,it can make it worse. People gain an unconscious sense of security and indestructibility when they put on a football helmet. And that leads to harder hits and leading hits with the head. All those pads make the game faster and harder hitting. But they also protect the body from even more damage. What’s the solution then? Take contact out of this game. It’s a hard truth, as I have always loved football, but we need to be aware of the damage this sport causes to people’s brains.
Alan Dennis damn people don't give a shit. It really sucks that no one said anything about the matter. Don't you hate humans. Anyway I hope the NFL dies. NFL is a pos scum company. No matter what they do helmet wont protect the brain. But humans are stupid and ignorant and dibt take responsibility for there actions most of the time
When u give it a name, it makes it real. Before we just called it old. Now it's CTE
As a HS plqyer we were taught to inflict maximum pqin on the opponent. Hit them so hard they dont want to carry the ball your way again. I was also in the locker room at Dallas Cowboys and witnessed Aikmqns uncontrollable rage outbursts. I stopped watching Fball because of his off the charts aggression towards staff and volunteers, which I was.
I don’t watch football until MSU and UM play. I don’t like the violence of the game.
Massive brain damage :-(
Risks in all jobs
It’s all about choices
Just most jobs don’t get movies or documentaries about the dangers and side effects,,
These nfl players are lucky in that way,,
I agree that the NFL executives & owners did very fucked up and corrupt things to hide CTE and market the violence of football, but every player knew they were signing up for some sort of long-term health effects by playing football, especially those who played it for 15+ years like Mike Webster and Junior Seau. Kickers, Punters, and some QBs are the only players who should play for longer than 10 years in my opinion.
Mike Youngblood u forgot Terrell Owens. Yes nfl is fucking scum pos company
Soon they'll be giving fucking participation trophies after every game
Un alto precio para mantener entretenidos a los borregos
1:35 Bill Burr’s father
that aikman story... pretty scary stuff... the claim is that these guys hitting each other is like getting into a low speed car crash... on EVERY play
money
NO CONTACT FOOTBALL IS A MUCH MORE INTERESTING GAME. EVERY YOUNG BOY PLAYS NO CONTACT FOOTBALL AND CAN RELATE TO THE BEAUTY OF IT. CERTAIN GUYS CAN RUN FAKES EXCEEDINGLY WELL. THE PASS IS SO BEAUTIFUL IT CAN BE A BIG SURPRISE SUCH SKILL IS POSSIBLE. END FOOT BALL. DON'T WATCH IT. FLAG FOOTBALL SHOWCASES SKILL AND NOT BRUTE BEHAVIOR.
Don't believe the aikman story
why
The only person with Troy in that hospital room that day was his agent, and this is his story because Troy doesn't remember a thing. In fact, there's a lot that Troy has openly said he doesn't remember because of his nine career concussions.
"People like the violent zone" be specific please, I don't like violent sports, you Americans likes it. 😏
Big hits don’t fuck You long term. It’s the poor hogs banging heads every play.
Fuuuck,,, I've lived through just that, a number of times, on the Football field, with soooo many games, just a blank... and so many randome occasions, ever since...! I've learnt that I can't overcome this, but have had to learn to account for it and just try to manage and live. in spite of it - so often sliding 'out' of the situation, where I have to try and explain myself and resenting that I have to do so... ashamed, though I really know I ought not be...! Can you possibly imagine, having started the self same conversation, from moments earlier... and then trying to retain some form of credibility and just hope, that casually brushing the issue away, hopefully into obscurity, is hopefully gonna save me the 'Please Explain', sometime down the track, in a bid to save your job...
+Damian Fowler I can relate. I never made it to the NFL, but having played from Jr high thru college I suffered many concussions, mostly on the field, some off. My memory is very spotty of those days, some games I don't remember even playing, and I would go thru practices and not remember where I was. But I kept going, because back in the 70s you never stopped, unless you were dead. It was a pride thing, I think.
+Gary Hawkins no its just stupidity .
+realrasmckhaileath realrasmckhaileath: You obviously have never played sports because if you had, you would have more respect. In football you spend hours and hours in the weight room, on the field running, and anything you can do to stay in shape. All of that hard work is for playing on friday nights or saturdays in front of 1000s of people. The mentality of a football player is something you don't understand. Playing is everything, and much better than being on the sidelines, so regardless if you're hurt you still want to be out there. You can call it stupid if you want, but the opinions of the clueless mean nothing
+realrasmckhaileath You really are the outstanding example, of the effeminate, opinionated halfwit... sat spouting shite, more than likely soooo envious of anyone who actually 'produced' and performed on the playing field... I played a variety of team-sports, as well as individual competition... and Football, on the Gridiron, is the ultimate Team effort - being that each and every member of the team, or component of the unit... has to do his job, or the entire effort is for naught...! Fitness and stamina is paramount, as the periods of 'Total Maximum Exertion', play after play - is not equaled in any other sport, that I know.... every other sport has periods, in the game, where one can take it easy.... recuperate and prepare for the next 'full on moment'... whereas American Football takes 100% of effort, beat up. or not... winning and full of energy, or not... every single down, with 25 or 30 seconds, if that, to get your breath in between... to get one's breath... Some may 'bang on' about how 'Rugby' is the harder sport, as there is no pads, or helmet... Granted, Rugby may be(or perhaps not) the 'rougher contact sport - but isn't even in the same League, when it comes to the 'collision' aspect... I have played with many, many players, who have participated in both codes, as I have myself... and American Football is by far the most demanding, overall... as well as the most taxing - before one even starts to consider the result of the repetitive Head trauma... So,perhaps you ought to pull your neck in and return to your 'parlour games'... dear! ;)
+realrasmckhaileath For a comment you supposedly could not understand, you managed to infer pride, sexual orientation, and all manner of things you just wanted to write about, but weren't actually referenced in the original post. I think American football is an idiotic sport and I can't bear to watch it, but the disingenuous bullshit projection of your post is far more irritating.
Cops and firemen can get killed, and football players and boxers, especially boxers can get their heads wacked a lot of times, it comes with the territory. When I was in HS in the early/mid 80s many of the stoner types had the option of taking extra auto and wood shop classes, and that's what they did, and went on to be mechanics, plumbers, etc. I get the point here but we are not all meant to go to College and look at the result of our soft, "politically correct" society. There's just as much if not more racism, (or so you hear there is), and half the milens have their heads so far up their anus's that there's corn stuck in their teeth. We are not making this Country better by coddling everyone and telling our young ppl that their feelings are what matter. If you need a safe space then pull the covers over your head and stay there until you die, or just man the fk up, and understand that your great grand parents and the ppl before them had it a hell of a lot tougher, so stop feeling sorry for yourself!
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I do not like the violence but what if we didn’t have any sports 🤔
There is a solution to decrease risk. First take away pads and helmets and ban any tackle above the hip so even if u get trucked u can fall and catch urself vs whiplash. Ban hits to players in the air and look to get rid of blindside hits
Humzah Hassan that’s just going to break bones in your legs and everything below waist u sound like an idiot
My head almost exploded trying to comprehend what you said.... These are 200-300 pound men who are incredibly strong and fast.... You take away those pads and people are going to get hurt badly probably killed. Those Helmets keep these guys alive most of the blunt force headshots they receive on routine plays would kill them.
No respect for ta after his dress apology.
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The low airship jelly face because wilderness dewailly apologise from a frantic verdict. slippery, sleepy january
football is such an american sport lol
Spending an entire Sunday watching football requires a brain that has a few concussions
Jason Smith nah. I wouldn’t let my kid play but I’m more than happy to watch someone else’s kid play. Not my kid, not my responsibility/problem
Sammy Sosa god ur a fucking piece of shit
This is just BS! Millionaire players complaining about a vocational choice. How about us Ham and Eggers who put in 40 years in the blue collar world with numerous violent work related injuries. Ever worked on a oil rig or laid brick. I really feel bad for the NFL guys but do like us. Shut up and dance!
Make football violent again
Grimm baller really go fuck urself. If it's a joke good one fuck the NFL just scum people and people who still follow football are brainless idiots and they are sheep that just follow.
These guys should try playing rugby - they won't walk right for a week after.
Now they know the risks. They still play. Stop crying about it
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