tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389921495587729314.post4391143901830970152..comments2024-03-03T11:36:45.765-05:00Comments on Ernie Palladino's Giants Beat: Cultural Change NeededErnie Palladinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18158244440623733145noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389921495587729314.post-33538767217593517502010-06-04T13:15:42.870-04:002010-06-04T13:15:42.870-04:00Oh, and, by the way: one of the best preventative...Oh, and, by the way: one of the best preventatives to concussion in football is a mouth guard. Biting down on a mouth guard contracts the muscles in the head which in turn contracts the skull and reduces the space inside the skull so the brain doesn't slosh around quite so much. Maybe require NFL players to use one?Lounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389921495587729314.post-55361474669074732402010-06-04T07:36:48.941-04:002010-06-04T07:36:48.941-04:00All the mawkish hand-wringing in the world won'...All the mawkish hand-wringing in the world won't change anything. Only helmet technology will.<br /><br />You can write and enforce all the rules in the world and impose all the fines you can dish out. But the players in this game will always hit with their helmets. They will "lay the hat" on someone.<br />The sharp clashing sound of a helmet hit gets everyone on the field and in the stadium (and watching at home if the sound crew catches it) all fired up.<br /><br />We can go in only two directions: backwards, and replace todays hard shell helmets with the old fashioned leather ones again, which will end the head-first hitting; or forward and improve the anti-concussive technology in the modern helmet.Lounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389921495587729314.post-87107300232532889792010-06-03T20:34:58.707-04:002010-06-03T20:34:58.707-04:00Ernie,
I actually have a similar story in high sc...Ernie,<br /><br />I actually have a similar story in high school, and I graduated a little more than 10 years ago now. <br /><br />Almost the same story. Kid on the team - Mike - gets whacked on a play. He's down and obviously unconscious. After a few seconds, he gets back up, runs to the sideline. Coach looks at him, asks if he's OK, says yes, and the coach puts him back in.<br /><br />For the rest of the game he acts completely out of character. Yelling at everyone - the refs, coaches, fans, players. Running around on the sideline, people thought he was drunk or on drugs. We found out on Monday he ended up with a concussion and people had to tell him what happened because he couldn't remember. And when we said what he was doing, he couldn't believe it. <br /><br />I can't imagine the beating football players must take.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389921495587729314.post-27743200108621336042010-06-03T16:27:29.507-04:002010-06-03T16:27:29.507-04:00I hope Lawrence Tynes gets a concussion or two.I hope Lawrence Tynes gets a concussion or two.Wayno2424http://wayne.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389921495587729314.post-63581997679849655142010-06-03T15:25:49.075-04:002010-06-03T15:25:49.075-04:00Wow, feels like an eternity since I have commented...Wow, feels like an eternity since I have commented here. Really enjoyed the article. During 17 years of contact sports, I racked up 6 concussions, one of them followed being knocked unconscious during a rugby match. There are days where I wished I would have taken it easy back then. After being knocked out, I played the rest of the season. Luckily, all tests have been negative, but there are times when I get headaches that I believe are linked to the concussions. I cannot imagine the punishment these NFL players are receiving in terms of the brain. I too really hope something changes. I cringe every time I see a helmet to helmet (Boss comes to mind, that dude took a licking last year), just knowing how that guy will feel the next day. Concussions suck! Please keep linking these stories. Thanks!CE718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389921495587729314.post-82421034607402924272010-06-03T11:47:38.308-04:002010-06-03T11:47:38.308-04:00Ernie, I don't know how to reach you via email...Ernie, I don't know how to reach you via email, so let me try this route. <br />You might be interested in a little May 7 post about Lawrence Taylor that I just came across on the sports blog of the website of The New Yorker. (Who knew there was a blog there devoted to sports?) http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/ <br />And, by the way, I'm glad to see you keep beating the drum about concussions. There's still a mountain of machismo to climb over before people give this risk the respect it deserves.<br />LarryLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com