Vid of former NFL players showing effects of concussions - Lateral-g Forums

**fleetus macmullitz** · #1 08-31-2013, 01:16 AM

One of them, Jamal Lewis, is only 34.

Rick D · #2 08-31-2013, 06:26 AM

WOW!!! Thanks Skip for sharing that.

**fleetus macmullitz** · #3 08-31-2013, 06:40 AM

You're welcome Rick.

Shmoov69 · #4 08-31-2013, 07:29 AM

I gotta agree with the CBS commentator really. I mean, 99% of football players know the risk and still play. They LOVE the game and everything that goes with it. I remember seeing an interview with one player that had major leg pain and he said that he would forgo sleeping because it hurt so bad when he laid down. So he just tried to sleep while standing up, which didn't work too well. BUT, he would do it all over again, for the rush of it all.... Oh and the power and money and fame! LoL! Heck, here's the latest comment from one of the best: “I’d rather have a guy hit me head than knife at my knee,” Tony Gonzalez said.

Anyway, it sucks and I hate it for the players and their families, but I feel that it is just more entitlement. Good video tho, and it stirs plenty of emotions!

**Sieg** · #5 08-31-2013, 08:30 AM

Chris Miller UO/Falcons/Rams QB is a longtime friend and golfing buddy, I first met him because I autocrossed with his Dad in local SCCA events.

He went through a series of 6 concussions in short order. When he first moved to LA he was hit hard in one of his first games and couldn't find his way home, he had pull over and call his wife for assistance.

They were installing the battery for the QB's radios in the rear of the helmet which required cutting out the padding in the area. Combine that with the fact that the early synthetic fields were just a little softer than freeway concrete and it's no wonder why they were getting concussions.

I tried reaching out to some of the major off-road helmet manufacturers at the time to see if there was any interest in developing a helmet to address the issues........every one was a dead end street.

**fleetus macmullitz** · #6 08-31-2013, 10:14 AM

I remember what happened to Chris Miller.

NFL/owners got off cheap.

Helmets could offer a lot more protection even now.

It all comes down to greed...every time.