Futurevoid
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Out of all of the football memories you could associate with Junior, is it weird that the first thing that comes to mind is him separating Ryan Leaf from that reporter he freaked out on?
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I'm not justifying it, in my mind even even a similar "clean" hit is much too dangerous.
Hossa probably wouldn't have gone off on a stretcher, but the hit would've rocked him and may have still caused a concussion. Just watching the head whip back, brutal.
This stuff can be mitigated in hockey, just get rid of these blindside open ice hits on puck carriers.
Dutch Gronk
Banned
Shot himself in the chest so they could investigate his brain?!
Really disturbing story. RIP Junior
Really disturbing story. RIP Junior
I think Alex Karas and a couple of other players were banned for a year for betting on games.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
From Bentley's Twitter:
ConradCervantes
Banned
One PR nightmare after another for the NFL. Hopefully some good will come out of researching Seau's brain. No one deserves to die this early in their life due to something as trivial as a sport.
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Deleted member 8095
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The Seau news is sad. When I was a youngster playing pop warner football we went up to Husky Stadium(King Dome was having its roof tile problems) to play on the field prior to the Seahawks vs Chargers. The Chargers walked in near where we were all waiting and Seau was super friendly and gave us all high fives. It was a pretty big deal and I remember being in awe of him.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Just heard 
dude text his kids.
dude text his kids. Eh. It would have been a clean hit if he hadn't left his feet. Regardless, this isn't the thread for it.
Ex-wife too, I heard. The day before, just to say goodbye. Horrible stuff.Just heard
cuevas. PhD.
Member
Just heard
Man that's just sad, probably couldn't handle talking to them.
This is turning into wrestling type death rates.
TheLegendary
Member
People keep talking about the concussion angle because that's the big story the last few years, but a lot of this is probably just as tied to steroid use. Not to single Seau out, but that's not a stretch with him to assume.
Goro Majima
Kitty Genovese Member
Sad to hear about Seau.
I hope this doesn't end up causing people to blame football injuries for him committing suicide. Who knows what kind of stuff he was dealing with?
In other news, we STILL haven't cut Hargrove?
I hope this doesn't end up causing people to blame football injuries for him committing suicide. Who knows what kind of stuff he was dealing with?
In other news, we STILL haven't cut Hargrove?
cuevas. PhD.
Member
Would certainly explain a bunch of his teammates killing themselves.
it's not "a bunch." a number of others players on that team died, but only one of those was a suicide.
Patriots sign Jabar Gaffney.
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Dutch Gronk
Banned
I knew it, he played great during the 07 season.
DeathbyVolcano
Banned
Wow...just heard. One of my favorite players to watch. Seau was a great guy and player...just shocking. So sad.
cuevas. PhD.
Member
Oh my bad, I misread it.
What I don't like about that is that it encourages players NOT to protect themselves. Puck handlers need to have their head on a swivel. Guys going over the middle need to weigh the consequences of jumping for a ball in traffic. It's absurd, imo, to reward an offensive player for disregarding his own safety.
yankeehater
Member
Totally called that.
MiamiWesker
Member
Wow what the hell. It took me a while to piece together the shot in the chest with what happened to that other player a few years ago, for science. My god...
I am with Goddell now, we need to do something.
RIP Seau, one of the greats.
I am with Goddell now, we need to do something.
RIP Seau, one of the greats.
Damn, what a shitty day for the NFL. Player health was the one aspect of football that was bugging me ever since I started watching. An older post of mine that summarizes how I feel about it:
The problem I guess is that you'll probably need external intervention to really change something, as everyone involved kinda likes the violent nature. Fans want to see crushing hits, Players want to add to their market value and feel like modern day warriors. Another old post of mine:
RIP Junior Seau.
The problem I guess is that you'll probably need external intervention to really change something, as everyone involved kinda likes the violent nature. Fans want to see crushing hits, Players want to add to their market value and feel like modern day warriors. Another old post of mine:
RIP Junior Seau.
Also, being a professional athlete is like a 10 to 15 year high, it's really hard to adjust when coming down from that. What do you do with your life?
So, you don't cheer for a crushing hit? A knock-out punch in an amazing fight? I get it, it's conflicting. On a day like today? Sucks balls big time. But you still like (love?) football, right? Surely, tough hits are part of it. For me they are. Player safety is important, but so much is on these guys as well (helmet choice, right mouth piece, etc.). Not saying they are the only ones to blame, but if I box, play football, hockey, (rugby as well, btw.) it comes with the territory.
The pussy talk? Come on, that's just sports talk. Guys talking big, on the internet especially. Applies to less violent sports as well.
tuna on toast
Banned
I know this is off topic but I can't believe the Mets are still paying bobby Bonilla all that money. What a terrible organization. How is McCourt the poster boy for bad owners? At least he knew what he was doing with the fraud and made a ton of money anyway. Wilpon was actually trying and still sucked!
Nice Seau story from Eric Olsen:
"Wow this is a tough one.. When I was a frosh in HS Junior Seau worked the Jay Fiedler Football camp and at the end of one of the days he Challenged any1 to a 1 on 1. Being one of the 'big' kids, I was volunteered by my buddies and went up in front of the whole camp to face This monster of a man. Shaking in my cleats, he gave me a wink before a coach gave the cadence. He let me pancake him. And he sold it too I can't even tell you how good I felt at that moment; it changed me forever. The whole camp cheered for me, a chubby kid that didn't know If he even liked football. From then on I was addicted. All thanks 2 this 10 time all-pro that felt like making some snot-nosed kid's day. Doesn't seem like much but it meant a lot to me. Sorry for the essay just had to share. RIP Junior I'll never forget what you did for me."
Taken from his Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/EOlsen69
"Wow this is a tough one.. When I was a frosh in HS Junior Seau worked the Jay Fiedler Football camp and at the end of one of the days he Challenged any1 to a 1 on 1. Being one of the 'big' kids, I was volunteered by my buddies and went up in front of the whole camp to face This monster of a man. Shaking in my cleats, he gave me a wink before a coach gave the cadence. He let me pancake him. And he sold it too I can't even tell you how good I felt at that moment; it changed me forever. The whole camp cheered for me, a chubby kid that didn't know If he even liked football. From then on I was addicted. All thanks 2 this 10 time all-pro that felt like making some snot-nosed kid's day. Doesn't seem like much but it meant a lot to me. Sorry for the essay just had to share. RIP Junior I'll never forget what you did for me."
Taken from his Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/EOlsen69
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Vilma never denied saying he was offering $10,000 bounties. All he said in that statement is that he would have never actually paid anybody $10,000.
So he offers bounties and then doesn't even intend to pay them! What a scumbag.
So he offers bounties and then doesn't even intend to pay them! What a scumbag.
Actually, I really don't enjoy them. Of course I have my primal instincts (Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck you, Ray Rice), but I think because I started watching this late in my life I've always been aware of what a knock out hit really means. So no, no matter what team is playing, if it crosses a certain line I'll never enjoy it.
And yes, I am a bit conflicted.
Thankfully the Pats secondary seems to think it is playing flag football. Their non-tackling ways make it a bit easier for me ;-)
cuevas. PhD.
Member
Gluttony is a sin bro.
WanderingWind
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Sick burn.
Yes, I agree, Cam is so good.
I predict a lot of "FUCK YOU CAM!" this year.
And not from other team's fans.
yankeehater
Member
Fuck that pic is NSFW.
Now that the suspended players are known and their relation to the CAP, I think the deal with Brees will be done pretty quickly. Saints did not know the numbers they had to work with u till this point. Now they have an extra 4 milll in cap space and that will make it a lot easier to get the deal done. Then Saints fans can get this shit behind them and just focus on the season. I'm tired of all this bountygate talk.; I don't give a fuck anymore. Just get the season started so I can watch football.
Also, R.I.P. Junior Seau.
Also, R.I.P. Junior Seau.
You're gonna be hearing about it all year.
u mad? It's on NY Times bro!
Still, edited for the ninnies.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7...orleans-saints-not-close-contract-source-says
This was reported today :jnc
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Until Brees feels insulted again and ditched the shitstorm that NO is going to face this year.
Niners'll pick him up.