If your team's best player got a severe concussion...

UFgators · Joined: 07 Sep 2011 Posts: 608 Location: The SWAMP

If the best player on your favorite (or any great player) team suffered a severe concussion and decided to retire because fear of brain damage what emotion(s) would you feel?

VinceYoung1010 · Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 787

bad for him?
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ninjapirate · Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posts: 36449 Location: Vegas

I'd rather lesean mccoy didn't get hurt.
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justo · Joined: 05 Aug 2012 Posts: 13581

If Rodgers walked away after this year I wouldn't blame him. Dude already has two and has a special helmet because of them. To quote the great Pusha T "Wealth can't buy health."
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sayheykid · Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Posts: 3840

I'd like to think I would feel happy for him for being smart enough to get out while he still had his relative mental and physical health and a good quality of life ahead of him.
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RuskieTitan · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:19 am Post subject:

sadness. regret. disappointment.
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IDOG_det · Joined: 02 Mar 2009 Posts: 29986 Location: #JDI

So, like what happened to Jahvid Best except he's not our best player?
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tom cody · Joined: 01 Sep 2007 Posts: 9148 Location: Canada

Upset and sadness. Still I'd encourage him to walk away. A serious concussion is nothing to mess with.
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GoneWithTheWind · Joined: 01 Jun 2012 Posts: 1462 Location: Other World

Sadness for losing the rightful MVP but appreciation and admiration to Adrian for doing the smart thing.
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JammerHammer21 · Joined: 27 Dec 2009 Posts: 29979 Location: Anywhere

Saw this with Dielman, and I agree with him 100/100 times.
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TheVillain112 · Joined: 19 Feb 2010 Posts: 17580

Probably feel the same way I did when David Pollack walked away. Upset, but it's understandable. Don't blame the player at all for walking away...
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Dunderhead · Joined: 13 Nov 2009 Posts: 2559

Why I'd call the player soft and blame him entirely for any failings of the ball club for the next 5 years...

Seriously, what the heck? I think every normal person would feel bad for the player. If this is a teams best player it probably means he isn't soft, so you can't question his integrity and most likely it was just part of the game.

And this concussion thing isn't new... Surprised Cowboy and 9ers fans haven't already addressed this - both Aikman and Steve Young walked away because of concussions and neither fan base were critical and felt a lot of sadness. How would this be any different than say, Nick Collins who suffered a neck injury where the next hit could leave him paralyzed or killed.

I think most fans (with any brains) realize it's just a game.

TommyC376 · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:22 am Post subject:

Feel bad for him, but I would move on. Players get hurt and retire. This is a violent game.
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