08-10-2017, 07:17 PM
(08-10-2017, 12:09 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: 1. Injuries are up since the cba. Go back and read, you crying about it will not change the numbers.
Explaining correlation is not the same as causation isn't crying. Looking at three years of data during a six year period ignores half the data.
Quote:2. The practice rules were put in place to favor vets. Not all teams gave veteran days off, this rule didn't affect the bengals much since marvin has always have the vets more time off in season. The off season rules are what hurt development and lead to injuries.
Please show me a NFLPA statement claiming the off-season practice changes were made to "favor the vets." You are literally the only person I'm aware of who has made this claim.
Once again, correlation doesn't equal causation. You have made the unsubstantiated claim reduced practices cause more injuries. You have also made the claim injuries will go up because players will target knees because of the rule change the prior to the new CBA. Show me the evidence which indicates injuries are up because of less practice instead of players targeting knees as you claimed. I don't believe that data exists and thus your unsubstantiated claims are exactly that; unsubstantiated.
Quote:3. Williams injuries were found in the ore draft process by some teams.
That's interesting because the injury was reported to have occurred during OTAs. Plus I haven't seen a single source other than you report teams found a herniated disc in Williams back before the draft. Show me a source.
Quote:4. When you go from doing nothing into doing everything it puts a stress on the body. Not having the ability to get physical before camp puts people at risk when they have to push and pull when theg are already fatigued.
As someone who diagnoses orthopedic injuries, I can tell you unequivocally herniated discs and ACL tears aren't caused by deconditioning. Period.
Quote:5. The only reason we have the concussion protocol is because of the lawsuit. So outside of the protecting the league against another lawsuit what exactly is it even doing?
I have explained this to you multiple times. Stop feigning ignorance. The NFL didn't develop the concussion protocol. Neurologists completely unaffiliated with the NFL develop it. Its purpose is to allow a mild traumatic brain injury to heal before the athlete returns to competitive sports. The protocol allows the athlete's return to sports to be individualized to the patient because every concussion in every patient heals at its own rate. As someone who claims to be a former collegiate football player, former football coach, and former PE educator how can you not know this?
Quote:6. Maybe Jamal Adams doesn't care? I am sure almost all players would keep playing if they dropped the concussion protocol. Why are we supposed to care about the players health and well being? It's their health I trust them to make their own healthcare decisions
You claim to know what the players know so you tell me if Adams does or doesn't care. Players who aren't in the concussion protocol are retiring. Claiming they would keep playing if the protocol they aren't in was dropped is just false. No one asked you to care for the players health so stop that straw man right now. No one is suggesting players can't choose their own healthcare. An employer not allowing an employee to work when they are sick or injured doesn't take away an employee's healthcare decision making ability. That employee can go see any doctor they want and choose any treatment they want. They can't force an employer to allow them to work when the are too sick or too injured to work. That's another straw man.
