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With what we know right now, would you want your 12 year old playing football?

Tennis anyone?

Which makes the T&R thread today on Colt McCoy interesting. What problem did his father have with how Colt's concussion was handled last season?

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Originally posted 11:16 AM ET  05.04 by TxHeat

Which makes the T&R thread today on Colt McCoy interesting. What problem did his father have with how Colt's concussion was handled last season?

Agreed TX...this thing is gonna heat up big time, especially since the old school players got the shaft so bad by the league over the years!

I really LOVE football.... The head gear needs to improve for sure. This is a game you could die in, just like a race car driver. The risks are clear!

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Originally posted 11:26 AM ET  05.04 by Dawn's world

Agreed TX...this thing is gonna heat up big time, especially since the old school players got the shaft so bad by the league over the years!

Depending on how far back the players played there just was not much information on head injuries like there is today. The earliest I recall this issue being discussed goes back to when Steve Young and Troy Aikman were playing. Since their playing days a lot more is known now, especially when it comes to cumulative concussions. The league does need to step up big time when it comes to health care for the players that did play in the earlier era's when players were told to suck it up and get back on the field.

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Originally posted 11:16 AM ET  05.04 by TxHeat

Which makes the T&R thread today on Colt McCoy interesting. What problem did his father have with how Colt's concussion was handled last season?

Colt got blind-sided by james Harrison.
Supposedly, the doctors on the sideline never tended to Colt.
A trainer asked him if he was ok and he said yes, so they sent him back in to the game.
After the game, Colt said he had no recollection of any of this.

I think of football much like I think of skiing or riding a motorcycle.
Only a matter of time until a serious injury occurs.

i fell-out of a pickup truck [drunk] once, and landed on my head as we turned onto a side-street,.........now i decided to get into the back of the truck with other party-goers, .....i had a few cocktails like the others, ......and after i fell-out, the others threw me back-into the truck-bed,.......point = i made a decision to hang-out in the back of a [driving] vehicle/fell-out on my own/and might have suffered a concussion......or will i suffer from the after-effects later on ?........i made the choice....now who can i sue today ??

*,......ps........this happened 32-yrs ago !

<-------see the ~dent~ !?

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Originally posted 12:45 PM ET  05.04 by {+}MOTHER-MARGE{+}

<-------see the ~dent~ !?

dent? more like a crater! LOL

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Originally posted 12:59 PM ET  05.04 by TxHeat

dent? more like a crater! LOL

hey....lol !

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Originally posted 12:03 PM ET  05.04 by Joe Mammy

Colt got blind-sided by james Harrison.Supposedly, the doctors on the sideline never tended to Colt. A trainer asked him if he was ok and he said yes, so they sent him back in to the game.After the game, Colt said he had no recollection of any of this.

And really, I'm not sure how they didn't know he wasn't ready to go back in. His eyes were vacant.

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Originally posted 10:38 AM ET  05.04 by Dawn's world

With what we know right now, would you want your 12 year old playing football?

I had to think about this a bit. I supposed it would depend on the type of equipment being used. If the school/program is using equipment from years ago, forget it.

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Originally posted 12:44 PM ET  05.04 by {+}MOTHER-MARGE{+}

*,......ps........this happened 32-yrs ago !

this explains a lot...lol

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Originally posted 01:40 PM ET  05.04 by LoveItHateIt

I had to think about this a bit. I supposed it would depend on the type of equipment being used. If the school/program is using equipment from years ago, forget it.

yes...that is why I posed the question...The facts and suppositions are alarmimg!

The NFL has no interest in player safety, just the perception that they do...If they did, they would mandate knee, hip, and thigh pads, as they do shoulder pads. They would would use the NASCAR technology of SAFER walls, and incorporate them into helmets.

This is about the NFL portraying the right perception that the NFL is doing all it can for player safety, so that it will be able to withstand a court challenge

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Originally posted 10:38 AM ET  05.05 by BGDUECE

The NFL has no interest in player safety, just the perception that they do...If they did, they would mandate knee, hip, and thigh pads, as they do shoulder pads. They would would use the NASCAR technology of SAFER walls, and incorporate them into helmets.This is about the NFL portraying the right perception that the NFL is doing all it can for player safety, so that it will be able to withstand a court challenge

I approve this message! Howdy BG!

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Originally posted 11:25 AM ET  05.05 by Dawn's world

I approve this message! Howdy BG!

Howdy JD!