Oso planning to go pro
There is a story out there that Hamlin's foundation was flooded with donations overnight. If true, way cool.
I am starting this separate thread with the thought that we can discuss everything regarding this young man's circumstances here, while talking about the rest of the NFL in the NFL thread. A lot to unpack overnight.He is still alive. Continue your prayers.The NFL claims it never said the game would resume after 5 minutes. I know that sometimes in chaotic crisis situations, somebody will say something inaccurate that they don't have the authority to say. Ultimately, the correct thing was done.I am comfortable with the theory that the cause was a blow to the chest. There are many documented cases of this. Looking at the play, the theory fits the visual.Whatever decisions are made going forward regarding NFL related things, finishing the game, playoff implications, a lot of people are going to disagree and get their bloomers in a bundle. There are no clear and easy answers. There is a story out there that Hamlin's foundation was flooded with donations overnight. If true, way cool.
I am a big fan of the players gathering around to block the activity on the ground from view of the cameras. Watching CPR being done is not pleasant. It used to seriously piss me off when I would be doing CPR in public and look up to see somebody taking video with their camera. So, bravo players. However, in doing so, if they were watching, they were also inflicting emotional damage on themselves. I know it is a family member. But the unnatural things being done to their family member are going to be seared in their memories for a while. I always encouraged family members to go to another room if possible. I would flat out tell them that it was the most unpleasant thing they could ever watch and it was in their best interest to not watch. For football players, watching a peer/friend/teammate/comrade in arms/brother have his football equipment removed and cut off so the paramedics can work must be an even different level of anguish. Their pads and helmets are such symbols.
Everyone talks about safer helmets but the reality is, the helmets make these guys more dangerous
The brother of the guy who collapsed when we were playing pick-up basketball was playing with us. He was urging us not to shock him when the AED was saying to. He had to be walked away by a couple of people.
Should they go back to the leather headgear? The sport is chronically dangerous. Obviously what happened last night was highly unusual but unless you're a kicker or punter it's probable you will be dealing with serious physical and mental pain as a retired pro football player. Their aren't a lot of good safety solutions for the NFL.
Nothing is going to fundamentally change about football based on what happened last night.
Yep. Rough play and obviously a beyond horrible outcome, but there were probably five plays in every game this week that looked/were more likely to cause serious injury than Hamlin's tackle last night.
I've been saying to friends and family for a while that taking away the pads will slow down the players.
Yep, for example, in the OSU-UGA game on Sat night, the hit that knocked Marvin Harrison Jr out for awhile was 5x more dangerous and violent and was a deemed a legal hit/play.
Yeah, I wasn't surprised the targeting call was reversed, but he sure seemed like a "defenseless player" to me.
Rugby players have a higher rate of injury, and higher rate of concussions, than football players. So I think getting rid of pads would be terrible.
Ive always found that argument to be amusing. Football is brutal and injury filled, but the number of rugby players you see with cauliflower ear, permanently f-ed noses, and missing teeth is pretty significant in numbers you don't see in the NFL, and thats not counting all the other injuries they share with football players.