another young player retires-A.J Tarpley

[tsylvester]

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/08/sports/football/aj-tarpley-buffalo-bills-retires-concussion.html?_r=0&referer=

 

Says after his 4th concussion, enough is enough going forward. He signed as an undrafted free agent, 3 years $1.575 mil deal.

 

I can't say I blame these guys, shoot I had four concussions in highschool and never missed a game, let a lone a snap. Three more since then and at 50, I forget things just by leaving a room.

[JPPT1974]

Yeah as really it is about the long term effects that you could be having on a body in the long run.

[cravnravn]

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/08/sports/football/aj-tarpley-buffalo-bills-retires-concussion.html?_r=0&referer=

Says after his 4th concussion, enough is enough going forward. He signed as an undrafted free agent, 3 years $1.575 mil deal.

I can't say I blame these guys, shoot I had four concussions in highschool and never missed a game, let a lone a snap. Three more since then and at 50, I forget things just by leaving a room.

Then these kids better take their college education more seriously. Hope he didn't spend his 1.5 million in one spot.

 

I can see it now, we have guys abruptly retiring, we are going to have owners stop giving large guarantees.

[tsylvester]

Then these kids better take their college education more seriously. Hope he didn't spend his 1.5 million in one spot.

 

I can see it now, we have guys abruptly retiring, we are going to have owners stop giving large guarantees.

 

 

 

Nah, a player retires, the money is no longer guaranteed. People forget, it is only now, the past few years that high schools are tracking concussions. Most of the players in the game have had many more before even reaching college, they just either never knew the symptoms or did not care. It is not just football either, soccer, cheer leading (which actually leads in concussions) wrestling.....

 

You don't have to gt hit to get a concussion, the brain sits in liquid, go fast, stop fast, that brain goes boom against the skull.... Minor bruising to major bruising still equals concussion. Symptoms are slight to major, but usually always include a head ache to some degree.

 

The big question for doctors & researches is; how many concussions does it take for CTE to form?

[tsylvester]

Rather than start a new thread, another young player hangs it up, 28 yrs old, Walter Thurmond III. Won a super Bowl with the SeaHawks, started last year with the Iggles.. Said he just didn't want to play football any more

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[JPPT1974]

Yeah not the first player to do that as we all know and won't be the last to hang it up early.