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Buer

Erik Shin wrote:

Irish footballer Kevin Doyle retired tonight due to concussion...says he cant even head the ball anymore without getting headaches...a couple of concessions already this year...quite a few over his career ..very sensible decision

If you've never read the story of Geoff Astle's demise it is both horrifying and fascinating. His brain was severely impacted by a career of being a physical and dominant aerial player with the old leather balls.

It isn't nearly as bad now but there's no way that heading a ball a couple dozen times every day for 30 years won't have some sort of impact no matter how small.

I'm sure we all played when we were younger and even as recently as the 90s some of those footballs were like rocks. As kids nobody wanted to stick their head on the ball on a winter's morning when they were 10 but the manager would roar at someone for letting it bounce.

Utah_Saint

Buer wrote: »

Erik Shin wrote:

Irish footballer Kevin Doyle retired tonight due to concussion...says he cant even head the ball anymore without getting headaches...a couple of concessions already this year...quite a few over his career ..very sensible decision

If you've never read the story of Geoff Astle's demise it is both horrifying and fascinating. His brain was severely impacted by a career of being a physical and dominant aerial player with the old leather balls.

It isn't nearly as bad now but there's no way that heading a ball a couple dozen times every day for 30 years won't have some sort of impact no matter how small.

I'm sure we all played when we were younger and even as recently as the 90s some of those footballs were like rocks. As kids nobody wanted to stick their head on the ball on a winter's morning when they were 10 but the manager would roar at someone for letting it bounce.

The last paragraph resonates with me. In the Irish/UK style of coaching - I rem being shouted at many a time for letting it 'bounce', and not going 'first time'. Also been encouraged to head the ball while defending when an opposition player absolutely 'thumps' it straight at you. I def remember feeling dazed after heading the ball the odd time, especially if it was a particularly firm ball.

kuang1

Playing (gaelic) football as a teenager, we'd sometimes have a soccer kick around before the coach would arrive.
Anyone who headed one of those O'Neills footballs was greeted with both groans and winces along with a smidge of admiration.

I still remember the sound of the cracks that eminated from my neck when I attempted it once.

dregin

Pitch was flooded for rugby training one night, so we ended up in the hall playing five a side. Stubbed my big toe on it and the nail came straight off. **** those things to the high heavens.

wp_rathead

Golf is fun today, Dunne doing brilliant

thomond2006

I was at the NFL in Wembley today.

The Miami offense was baaaaaaad. The entire game wasn't much better.

Berty

Finally got paid today. Munster 20% Discount for Lifestyle expired last night.

irishbucsfan

Mike Glennon signed for the Bears on a $45m dollar contract, $18.5m guarranteed. 4 games into it he has been dropped. I want to be a 2nd rate NFL quarterback.

thomond2006

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Mike Glennon signed for the Bears on a $45m dollar contract, $18.5m guarranteed. 4 games into it he has been dropped. I want to be a 2nd rate NFL quarterback.

Backup QB is a great job.

pickarooney

thomond2006 wrote: »

Backup QB is a great job.

This we learned from Blue Mountain State

Erik Shin

Just heard Tom Petty has died...found unresponsive at his home, taken to hospital and was on life support, no brain activity so life support was switched off....balls

irishbucsfan

Stheno

Erik Shin wrote: »

Just heard Tom Petty has died...found unresponsive at his home, taken to hospital and was on life support, no brain activity so life support was switched off....balls

Ah feck

Buer

Well that's sh*t news.

sydthebeat

Another good one gone. So many classics in his catalogue.
I've running down the dream on Spotify right now.

Neil3030

Do other people have a host of acquaintances on Facebook who almost always write "please someone check on David Attenbourgh" any time a celebrity dies - like a guy who narrates a nature documentary every 5 or 10 years has such a profound impact on their lives...

Stheno

Neil3030 wrote: »

Do other people have a host of acquaintances on Facebook who almost always write "please someone check on David Attenbourgh" any time a celebrity dies - like a guy who narrates a nature documentary every 5 or 10 years has such a profound impact on their lives...

No

I've only about twenty people on my Facebook though

Zzippy

Neil3030 wrote: »

Do other people have a host of acquaintances on Facebook who almost always write "please someone check on David Attenbourgh" any time a celebrity dies - like a guy who narrates a nature documentary every 5 or 10 years has such a profound impact on their lives...

In fairness, while I don't post rubbish like that, he's the one public person (I dare say he would hate to be called a celebrity) who I will genuinely be upset about when he passes. To this day I still feel a childish wonder watching wildlife documentaries, I could watch them all day, and most of that is down to him - he doesn't just narrate a film every 5-10 years, he inserts himself into the heart of it and brings it to life with his voice. He's also been a consistent, passionate and articulate advocate for environmental protection, a subject I care very much about and even work in. Mock away, but the man has indeed had a profound impact on many people.

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Stheno wrote: »

No

I've only about twenty people on my Facebook though

Wow! That's probably the second lowest number of facebook friends on here after awec

[Deleted User]

Zzippy wrote: »

Mock away, but the man has indeed had a profound impact on many people.

Zzippy

Come at me bro!

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molloyjh

So Tom Petty is actually not dead. He's in a serious condition in hospital, but still alive.

Erik Shin

molloyjh wrote: »

So Tom Petty is actually not dead. He's in a serious condition in hospital, but still alive.

Better tell his manager so, himself and the band released an official statement to confirm his passing

irishbucsfan

He was confirmed dead overnight

molloyjh

Ah bloody hell, I read when I got up this morning that he was still alive.

Buer

molloyjh wrote: »

So Tom Petty is actually not dead. He's in a serious condition in hospital, but still alive.

Cremation was a bad choice.

[Deleted User]

Reading up about the shooting in America. The guy had a bloody arsenal up in the room with him. Over 10 weapons and tripods to stabilise the guns. Everything he had was legal, even the guns he had altered to be fully automatic, the alterations were also completely legal.

Not a hope this will be a wake up call, but jesus it's all kinds of f**ked up. Some of the videos and images surfacing are absolutely horrifying.

kuang1

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Not a hope this will be a wake up call, but jesus it's all kinds of f**ked up. Some of the videos and images surfacing are absolutely horrifying.

I'm burying my head in the sand on this one. I haven't and won't be watching a single second of footage from this.
Can't see how my life would be any better for it.

mfceiling

molloyjh wrote: »

So Tom Petty is actually not dead. He's in a serious condition in hospital, but still alive.

If he's not dead then somebody has played an awful trick on him!!

Bazzo

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Reading up about the shooting in America. The guy had a bloody arsenal up in the room with him. Over 10 weapons and tripods to stabilise the guns. Everything he had was legal, even the guns he had altered to be fully automatic, the alterations were also completely legal.

Not a hope this will be a wake up call, but jesus it's all kinds of f**ked up. Some of the videos and images surfacing are absolutely horrifying.

It was actually a lot more than that. He had 23 in the hotel room with him and another 19 at home.