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ChadTower:
I think at least as much as that diving headbutt, the is the result of the fact that he used to take chairshots to the back of the head. Few wrestlers will allow that. The Germans didn't help, either, as he slammed the back of his own head down with serious force on every one of them.
abrannan:
--- Quote from: billf on September 05, 2007, 12:42:55 pm ---
--- Quote from: abrannan on September 05, 2007, 12:39:35 pm ---An interesting twist on a case that will likely never get the media attention it should.
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Do you want more coverage or less? This latest news has already made it through the cable news channels this morning.
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My point exactly. One readthrough and they're done with it. Meanwhile, we'll continue to see stories from his "doctor" and the other athletes he's been prescribing various substances to for the next few months. The real issues of repeated concussions and what they do to the brain will continue to linger on the back burner. Steroids are the media darling, not concussions.
Unless, of course, Troy Aikman ends up with dementia and kills someone, too.
billf:
--- Quote from: abrannan on September 05, 2007, 04:34:23 pm ---
--- Quote from: billf on September 05, 2007, 12:42:55 pm ---
--- Quote from: abrannan on September 05, 2007, 12:39:35 pm ---An interesting twist on a case that will likely never get the media attention it should.
--- End quote ---
Do you want more coverage or less? This latest news has already made it through the cable news channels this morning.
--- End quote ---
My point exactly. One readthrough and they're done with it. Meanwhile, we'll continue to see stories from his "doctor" and the other athletes he's been prescribing various substances to for the next few months. The real issues of repeated concussions and what they do to the brain will continue to linger on the back burner. Steroids are the media darling, not concussions.
Unless, of course, Troy Aikman ends up with dementia and kills someone, too.
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Not the reports I saw today. They didn't stick with only the steroids issue completely. There were actually some in depth reports about the concussions and bruising of the brain over a period of time. So I don't think, at least at this point, that it is all steriods and only steriods.
ChadTower:
Given the number of guys I've known that were heavily juiced over long periods, and how zero of them have done something like this, I'm still thoroughly convinced it was mostly a product of brain damage combined with the fact that his two best friends died suddenly within a very short span. He couldn't cope and didn't have the brain capacity to deal.
shardian:
Slowly but surely, concussion syndrome is coming to the forefront of discussion topics in contact sports. The NFL has tried to downplay it for years, but people are paying attention now.
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