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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/23/2022 3:32:21 PM

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: David F.

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I don't mind Bud's ideas, especially to make the punt and kick off more interesting again. End of the game idea I could live without, but it would keep the game more interesting longer.

And in doing so end the careers of countless players prematurely. Believe it or not the NFL ALSO wants the game to be as interesting as possible. However, they've done their homework and see that kickoffs injure more players than any other type of play. They made the right decision.

I've seen the statistics and they are very mildly more dangerous. I've challenged people to name the players who had their careers ended due to KO or PR plays and it's a very small list. Playing tackle football is risky and taking some steps to ameliorate the risk is good. How far to go with those steps is the big question.

It isn't always one play....did you see the ST from the Saints documentary? Steve Gleason

Also check on how Orlando Thomas and Tim Green are doing.....players are getting ALS from the amount of hits.

Other former NFL players who have been diagnosed with ALS include Steve Gleason, Dwight Clark, O.J. Brigance, Tim Green and Kevin Turner. Eric Stevens and Steve McMichal are 2 more; most recent.

It's a dangerous sport. The only truly safe choice is to not play it.

And in the end, you die anyway.

The classic bigo snark that I know and love.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/23/2022 5:04:37 PM

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https://www.athleticbusiness.com/operations/safety-security/article/15288320/nfl-concerned-about-special-teams-injuries

It’s all here. One-in-six concussions and roughly 30% of knee injuries.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/23/2022 5:13:17 PM

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No more intentional walks I’m baseball!

Intentional walk is automatically a 2 base move for the “feared batter.”

No more shootouts in Hockey..

The goalies take off the gloves at center ice and the first one knocked on his ass , loses.

Put hungry sharks into the Olympic swimming pool, the winner is the one whose chum steak belt has the most weight left,.. time of completion is soo old school..

No playoff holes in golf..
tied players have to play capture the flags for all 18 holes…
Most flags win..

Make this shit more interesting.

I can’t be bored by safe finishers !!

Just STFU, already.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/23/2022 5:15:28 PM

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ORIGINAL: David F.

https://www.athleticbusiness.com/operations/safety-security/article/15288320/nfl-concerned-about-special-teams-injuries

It’s all here. One-in-six concussions and roughly 30% of knee injuries.

You know god damn well, KGDB will not read anything that contradicts his belief…

Doesn’t matter what topic..

He is right by divine assumption.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/23/2022 6:31:31 PM

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ORIGINAL: David F.

https://www.athleticbusiness.com/operations/safety-security/article/15288320/nfl-concerned-about-special-teams-injuries

It’s all here. One-in-six concussions and roughly 30% of knee injuries.

I read the link and it's a higher % of injuries particularly on punts which I was a little surprised about. The one in 6 concussions was pretty much average as the article said special teams plays accounted for 17% of all plays. Please give me the list of players that have had their careers end due to KO and PR injuries. I'm not saying people don't get injured on these plays. They do. However, your original claim was career ending injuries.

< Message edited by kgdabom -- 5/23/2022 6:39:42 PM >

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/23/2022 6:34:44 PM

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: David F.

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ORIGINAL: bstinger

I don't mind Bud's ideas, especially to make the punt and kick off more interesting again. End of the game idea I could live without, but it would keep the game more interesting longer.

And in doing so end the careers of countless players prematurely. Believe it or not the NFL ALSO wants the game to be as interesting as possible. However, they've done their homework and see that kickoffs injure more players than any other type of play. They made the right decision.

I've seen the statistics and they are very mildly more dangerous. I've challenged people to name the players who had their careers ended due to KO or PR plays and it's a very small list. Playing tackle football is risky and taking some steps to ameliorate the risk is good. How far to go with those steps is the big question.

It isn't always one play....did you see the ST from the Saints documentary? Steve Gleason

Also check on how Orlando Thomas and Tim Green are doing.....players are getting ALS from the amount of hits.

Other former NFL players who have been diagnosed with ALS include Steve Gleason, Dwight Clark, O.J. Brigance, Tim Green and Kevin Turner. Eric Stevens and Steve McMichal are 2 more; most recent.

It's a dangerous sport. The only truly safe choice is to not play it.

And in the end, you die anyway.

Some just have more money than others when they do ....

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/23/2022 6:35:40 PM

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: David F.

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ORIGINAL: bstinger

I don't mind Bud's ideas, especially to make the punt and kick off more interesting again. End of the game idea I could live without, but it would keep the game more interesting longer.

And in doing so end the careers of countless players prematurely. Believe it or not the NFL ALSO wants the game to be as interesting as possible. However, they've done their homework and see that kickoffs injure more players than any other type of play. They made the right decision.

I've seen the statistics and they are very mildly more dangerous. I've challenged people to name the players who had their careers ended due to KO or PR plays and it's a very small list. Playing tackle football is risky and taking some steps to ameliorate the risk is good. How far to go with those steps is the big question.

It isn't always one play....did you see the ST from the Saints documentary? Steve Gleason

Also check on how Orlando Thomas and Tim Green are doing.....players are getting ALS from the amount of hits.

Other former NFL players who have been diagnosed with ALS include Steve Gleason, Dwight Clark, O.J. Brigance, Tim Green and Kevin Turner. Eric Stevens and Steve McMichal are 2 more; most recent.

It's a dangerous sport. The only truly safe choice is to not play it.

And in the end, you die anyway.

Some just have more money than others when they do ....

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/23/2022 7:05:56 PM

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: David F.

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ORIGINAL: bstinger

I don't mind Bud's ideas, especially to make the punt and kick off more interesting again. End of the game idea I could live without, but it would keep the game more interesting longer.

And in doing so end the careers of countless players prematurely. Believe it or not the NFL ALSO wants the game to be as interesting as possible. However, they've done their homework and see that kickoffs injure more players than any other type of play. They made the right decision.

I've seen the statistics and they are very mildly more dangerous. I've challenged people to name the players who had their careers ended due to KO or PR plays and it's a very small list. Playing tackle football is risky and taking some steps to ameliorate the risk is good. How far to go with those steps is the big question.

It isn't always one play....did you see the ST from the Saints documentary? Steve Gleason

Also check on how Orlando Thomas and Tim Green are doing.....players are getting ALS from the amount of hits.

Other former NFL players who have been diagnosed with ALS include Steve Gleason, Dwight Clark, O.J. Brigance, Tim Green and Kevin Turner. Eric Stevens and Steve McMichal are 2 more; most recent.

It's a dangerous sport. The only truly safe choice is to not play it.

And in the end, you die anyway.

Some just have more money than others when they do ....

Darrel Stingley jumps to mind without even trying..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Stingley

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/23/2022 7:11:40 PM

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Once again, what is convenient to believe, is more important than reality.

KGDB should be required to end each post with this:

< Message edited by Daniel Lee Young -- 5/23/2022 7:15:45 PM >

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/23/2022 7:11:58 PM

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ORIGINAL: David F.

https://www.athleticbusiness.com/operations/safety-security/article/15288320/nfl-concerned-about-special-teams-injuries

It’s all here. One-in-six concussions and roughly 30% of knee injuries.

I read the link and it's a higher % of injuries particularly on punts which I was a little surprised about. The one in 6 concussions was pretty much average as the article said special teams plays accounted for 17% of all plays. Please give me the list of players that have had their careers end due to KO and PR injuries. I'm not saying people don't get injured on these plays. They do. However, your original claim was career ending injuries.

Nope. Post your stats that you read. I’m not going to allow you to sit back and make unfounded non-credible fictitious opinions and then just say ‘prove me wrong’. That’s not how discussions work. Post your stats that you read.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/23/2022 8:25:48 PM

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I don't mind Bud's ideas, especially to make the punt and kick off more interesting again. End of the game idea I could live without, but it would keep the game more interesting longer.

And in doing so end the careers of countless players prematurely. Believe it or not the NFL ALSO wants the game to be as interesting as possible. However, they've done their homework and see that kickoffs injure more players than any other type of play. They made the right decision.

If you're really concerned about the welfare of the players, shut the sport down.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/23/2022 8:31:24 PM

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ORIGINAL: David F.

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: David F.

https://www.athleticbusiness.com/operations/safety-security/article/15288320/nfl-concerned-about-special-teams-injuries

It’s all here. One-in-six concussions and roughly 30% of knee injuries.

I read the link and it's a higher % of injuries particularly on punts which I was a little surprised about. The one in 6 concussions was pretty much average as the article said special teams plays accounted for 17% of all plays. Please give me the list of players that have had their careers end due to KO and PR injuries. I'm not saying people don't get injured on these plays. They do. However, your original claim was career ending injuries.

Nope. Post your stats that you read. I’m not going to allow you to sit back and make unfounded non-credible fictitious opinions and then just say ‘prove me wrong’. That’s not how discussions work. Post your stats that you read.

DF I'm confident they're similar to the stats you posted. It was 5 or 10 years ago I saw them. Yours are just updated versions of the same stats. There isn't much difference and the only severe injury on a return that I know of in my 52 years of following pro football is Jason Sehorn. It didn't actually end his career, but he never came back to what he was. That's why I'm asking you to list all the career ending injuries from kick/punt returns. I don't even know of one. You claimed career ending so why don't you stop posting unfounded non-credible fictitious opinions and then just say ‘prove me wrong. That’s not how discussions work. Post your stats of career ending injuries from kick/punt returns.

< Message edited by kgdabom -- 5/23/2022 8:52:14 PM >

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/23/2022 8:33:04 PM

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ORIGINAL: bstinger

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ORIGINAL: bstinger

I don't mind Bud's ideas, especially to make the punt and kick off more interesting again. End of the game idea I could live without, but it would keep the game more interesting longer.

And in doing so end the careers of countless players prematurely. Believe it or not the NFL ALSO wants the game to be as interesting as possible. However, they've done their homework and see that kickoffs injure more players than any other type of play. They made the right decision.

If you're really concerned about the welfare of the players, shut the sport down.

Agreed.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/24/2022 9:14:11 AM

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ORIGINAL: Daniel Lee Young

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: David F.

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ORIGINAL: bstinger

I don't mind Bud's ideas, especially to make the punt and kick off more interesting again. End of the game idea I could live without, but it would keep the game more interesting longer.

And in doing so end the careers of countless players prematurely. Believe it or not the NFL ALSO wants the game to be as interesting as possible. However, they've done their homework and see that kickoffs injure more players than any other type of play. They made the right decision.

I've seen the statistics and they are very mildly more dangerous. I've challenged people to name the players who had their careers ended due to KO or PR plays and it's a very small list. Playing tackle football is risky and taking some steps to ameliorate the risk is good. How far to go with those steps is the big question.

It isn't always one play....did you see the ST from the Saints documentary? Steve Gleason

Also check on how Orlando Thomas and Tim Green are doing.....players are getting ALS from the amount of hits.

Other former NFL players who have been diagnosed with ALS include Steve Gleason, Dwight Clark, O.J. Brigance, Tim Green and Kevin Turner. Eric Stevens and Steve McMichal are 2 more; most recent.

It's a dangerous sport. The only truly safe choice is to not play it.

And in the end, you die anyway.

Some just have more money than others when they do ....

Darrel Stingley jumps to mind without even trying..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Stingley

That sucks, no doubt ...

< Message edited by Ricky J -- 5/24/2022 10:57:10 AM >

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/24/2022 10:00:41 AM

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: David F.

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: David F.

https://www.athleticbusiness.com/operations/safety-security/article/15288320/nfl-concerned-about-special-teams-injuries

It’s all here. One-in-six concussions and roughly 30% of knee injuries.

I read the link and it's a higher % of injuries particularly on punts which I was a little surprised about. The one in 6 concussions was pretty much average as the article said special teams plays accounted for 17% of all plays. Please give me the list of players that have had their careers end due to KO and PR injuries. I'm not saying people don't get injured on these plays. They do. However, your original claim was career ending injuries.

Nope. Post your stats that you read. I’m not going to allow you to sit back and make unfounded non-credible fictitious opinions and then just say ‘prove me wrong’. That’s not how discussions work. Post your stats that you read.

DF I'm confident they're similar to the stats you posted. It was 5 or 10 years ago I saw them. Yours are just updated versions of the same stats. There isn't much difference and the only severe injury on a return that I know of in my 52 years of following pro football is Jason Sehorn. It didn't actually end his career, but he never came back to what he was. That's why I'm asking you to list all the career ending injuries from kick/punt returns. I don't even know of one. You claimed career ending so why don't you stop posting unfounded non-credible fictitious opinions and then just say ‘prove me wrong. That’s not how discussions work. Post your stats of career ending injuries from kick/punt returns.

You're either posting as satire and if that's the case you're brilliant. If you're serious then you are the most willfully ignorant and dishonest person I've ever encountered on talkvikes. It's, for the lack of a better word, impressive. I think I'll just be done with all this. Good day.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/24/2022 12:51:14 PM

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Uh oh.. someone else is about to be put on KG ignore list…

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/24/2022 1:45:48 PM

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ORIGINAL: David F.

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: David F.

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: David F.

https://www.athleticbusiness.com/operations/safety-security/article/15288320/nfl-concerned-about-special-teams-injuries

It’s all here. One-in-six concussions and roughly 30% of knee injuries.

I read the link and it's a higher % of injuries particularly on punts which I was a little surprised about. The one in 6 concussions was pretty much average as the article said special teams plays accounted for 17% of all plays. Please give me the list of players that have had their careers end due to KO and PR injuries. I'm not saying people don't get injured on these plays. They do. However, your original claim was career ending injuries.

Nope. Post your stats that you read. I’m not going to allow you to sit back and make unfounded non-credible fictitious opinions and then just say ‘prove me wrong’. That’s not how discussions work. Post your stats that you read.

DF I'm confident they're similar to the stats you posted. It was 5 or 10 years ago I saw them. Yours are just updated versions of the same stats. There isn't much difference and the only severe injury on a return that I know of in my 52 years of following pro football is Jason Sehorn. It didn't actually end his career, but he never came back to what he was. That's why I'm asking you to list all the career ending injuries from kick/punt returns. I don't even know of one. You claimed career ending so why don't you stop posting unfounded non-credible fictitious opinions and then just say ‘prove me wrong. That’s not how discussions work. Post your stats of career ending injuries from kick/punt returns.

You're either posting as satire and if that's the case you're brilliant. If you're serious then you are the most willfully ignorant and dishonest person I've ever encountered on talkvikes. It's, for the lack of a better word, impressive. I think I'll just be done with all this. Good day.

I was satirizing your comment at me. So if you say so I guess I'm brilliant. The discussion was about career ending injuries from PR/KR, yet for some reason you wanted me to post some article I saw 5-10 years ago about PR/KR having a higher injury rate. For what reason I haven't a clue. I already agreed they do.

Do PR/KR returns result in career ending injuries? How many times in the history of the NFL has that happened? I don't know of even one. I shared the worst PR/KR injury that ever happened as far as I know. I was hoping you could help me out with any that were worse.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/24/2022 4:47:27 PM 3 votes

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Fuq that brain dead troll..

Encourage him to go elsewhere with his troll based ignorance..

DO NOT REPLY TO KBDB!!

Ever!!

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/24/2022 10:45:48 PM

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/24/2022 10:54:12 PM

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I don't mind Bud's ideas, especially to make the punt and kick off more interesting again. End of the game idea I could live without, but it would keep the game more interesting longer.

And in doing so end the careers of countless players prematurely. Believe it or not the NFL ALSO wants the game to be as interesting as possible. However, they've done their homework and see that kickoffs injure more players than any other type of play. They made the right decision.

I've seen the statistics and they are very mildly more dangerous. I've challenged people to name the players who had their careers ended due to KO or PR plays and it's a very small list. Playing tackle football is risky and taking some steps to ameliorate the risk is good. How far to go with those steps is the big question.

It isn't always one play....did you see the ST from the Saints documentary? Steve Gleason

Also check on how Orlando Thomas and Tim Green are doing.....players are getting ALS from the amount of hits.

Other former NFL players who have been diagnosed with ALS include Steve Gleason, Dwight Clark, O.J. Brigance, Tim Green and Kevin Turner. Eric Stevens and Steve McMichal are 2 more; most recent.

It's a dangerous sport. The only truly safe choice is to not play it.

And in the end, you die anyway.

Some just have more money than others when they do ....

Darrel Stingley jumps to mind without even trying..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Stingley

Not exactly a special teams play.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/25/2022 1:06:09 PM

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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I don't mind Bud's ideas, especially to make the punt and kick off more interesting again. End of the game idea I could live without, but it would keep the game more interesting longer.

And in doing so end the careers of countless players prematurely. Believe it or not the NFL ALSO wants the game to be as interesting as possible. However, they've done their homework and see that kickoffs injure more players than any other type of play. They made the right decision.

I've seen the statistics and they are very mildly more dangerous. I've challenged people to name the players who had their careers ended due to KO or PR plays and it's a very small list. Playing tackle football is risky and taking some steps to ameliorate the risk is good. How far to go with those steps is the big question.

It isn't always one play....did you see the ST from the Saints documentary? Steve Gleason

Also check on how Orlando Thomas and Tim Green are doing.....players are getting ALS from the amount of hits.

Other former NFL players who have been diagnosed with ALS include Steve Gleason, Dwight Clark, O.J. Brigance, Tim Green and Kevin Turner. Eric Stevens and Steve McMichal are 2 more; most recent.

It's a dangerous sport. The only truly safe choice is to not play it.

And in the end, you die anyway.

Some just have more money than others when they do ....

Darrel Stingley jumps to mind without even trying..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Stingley

Not exactly a special teams play.

I believe the message was I stepped over the line casually speaking about death ....

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/25/2022 1:41:47 PM

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I don't mind Bud's ideas, especially to make the punt and kick off more interesting again. End of the game idea I could live without, but it would keep the game more interesting longer.

And in doing so end the careers of countless players prematurely. Believe it or not the NFL ALSO wants the game to be as interesting as possible. However, they've done their homework and see that kickoffs injure more players than any other type of play. They made the right decision.

I've seen the statistics and they are very mildly more dangerous. I've challenged people to name the players who had their careers ended due to KO or PR plays and it's a very small list. Playing tackle football is risky and taking some steps to ameliorate the risk is good. How far to go with those steps is the big question.

It isn't always one play....did you see the ST from the Saints documentary? Steve Gleason

Also check on how Orlando Thomas and Tim Green are doing.....players are getting ALS from the amount of hits.

Other former NFL players who have been diagnosed with ALS include Steve Gleason, Dwight Clark, O.J. Brigance, Tim Green and Kevin Turner. Eric Stevens and Steve McMichal are 2 more; most recent.

It's a dangerous sport. The only truly safe choice is to not play it.

And in the end, you die anyway.

Some just have more money than others when they do ....

Darrel Stingley jumps to mind without even trying..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Stingley

Not exactly a special teams play.

I believe the message was I stepped over the line casually speaking about death ....

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/25/2022 2:32:45 PM

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ORIGINAL: bstinger

I don't mind Bud's ideas, especially to make the punt and kick off more interesting again. End of the game idea I could live without, but it would keep the game more interesting longer.

And in doing so end the careers of countless players prematurely. Believe it or not the NFL ALSO wants the game to be as interesting as possible. However, they've done their homework and see that kickoffs injure more players than any other type of play. They made the right decision.

I've seen the statistics and they are very mildly more dangerous. I've challenged people to name the players who had their careers ended due to KO or PR plays and it's a very small list. Playing tackle football is risky and taking some steps to ameliorate the risk is good. How far to go with those steps is the big question.

It isn't always one play....did you see the ST from the Saints documentary? Steve Gleason

Also check on how Orlando Thomas and Tim Green are doing.....players are getting ALS from the amount of hits.

Other former NFL players who have been diagnosed with ALS include Steve Gleason, Dwight Clark, O.J. Brigance, Tim Green and Kevin Turner. Eric Stevens and Steve McMichal are 2 more; most recent.

It's a dangerous sport. The only truly safe choice is to not play it.

And in the end, you die anyway.

Some just have more money than others when they do ....

Darrel Stingley jumps to mind without even trying..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Stingley

Not exactly a special teams play.

I believe the message was I stepped over the line casually speaking about death ....

I think we had at that point crossed over to dangerous sport to play in general. You introduced death to the conversation and it veered off the special teams path.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/25/2022 4:09:43 PM

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I don't mind Bud's ideas, especially to make the punt and kick off more interesting again. End of the game idea I could live without, but it would keep the game more interesting longer.

And in doing so end the careers of countless players prematurely. Believe it or not the NFL ALSO wants the game to be as interesting as possible. However, they've done their homework and see that kickoffs injure more players than any other type of play. They made the right decision.

I've seen the statistics and they are very mildly more dangerous. I've challenged people to name the players who had their careers ended due to KO or PR plays and it's a very small list. Playing tackle football is risky and taking some steps to ameliorate the risk is good. How far to go with those steps is the big question.

It isn't always one play....did you see the ST from the Saints documentary? Steve Gleason

Also check on how Orlando Thomas and Tim Green are doing.....players are getting ALS from the amount of hits.

Other former NFL players who have been diagnosed with ALS include Steve Gleason, Dwight Clark, O.J. Brigance, Tim Green and Kevin Turner. Eric Stevens and Steve McMichal are 2 more; most recent.

It's a dangerous sport. The only truly safe choice is to not play it.

And in the end, you die anyway.

Some just have more money than others when they do ....

Darrel Stingley jumps to mind without even trying..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Stingley

Not exactly a special teams play.

I believe the message was I stepped over the line casually speaking about death ....

I think we had at that point crossed over to dangerous sport to play in general. You introduced death to the conversation and it veered off the special teams path.

I suppose, but the guy lived for 30 years after his football injury.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 5/25/2022 7:00:27 PM

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I don't mind Bud's ideas, especially to make the punt and kick off more interesting again. End of the game idea I could live without, but it would keep the game more interesting longer.

And in doing so end the careers of countless players prematurely. Believe it or not the NFL ALSO wants the game to be as interesting as possible. However, they've done their homework and see that kickoffs injure more players than any other type of play. They made the right decision.

I've seen the statistics and they are very mildly more dangerous. I've challenged people to name the players who had their careers ended due to KO or PR plays and it's a very small list. Playing tackle football is risky and taking some steps to ameliorate the risk is good. How far to go with those steps is the big question.

It isn't always one play....did you see the ST from the Saints documentary? Steve Gleason

Also check on how Orlando Thomas and Tim Green are doing.....players are getting ALS from the amount of hits.

Other former NFL players who have been diagnosed with ALS include Steve Gleason, Dwight Clark, O.J. Brigance, Tim Green and Kevin Turner. Eric Stevens and Steve McMichal are 2 more; most recent.

It's a dangerous sport. The only truly safe choice is to not play it.

And in the end, you die anyway.

Some just have more money than others when they do ....

Darrel Stingley jumps to mind without even trying..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Stingley

Not exactly a special teams play.

I believe the message was I stepped over the line casually speaking about death ....

I think we had at that point crossed over to dangerous sport to play in general. You introduced death to the conversation and it veered off the special teams path.

I suppose, but the guy lived for 30 years after his football injury.

30 years? I hope he made the best of it. I'm pretty pessimistic about how I'd handle it.

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