Quote:Maybe we should exhume the bodies of the dead gladiators and be shocked at how they had knee damage, concussions and oh yeah sword wounds.

 

At the lower levels, I can understand the need to apply lessons learned and teach better methods and be mindful of physical development.  For everyone who makes it to the pros, you know what your involved with and if you don't then you really don't pay attention.

 

Did you know people in construction suffer from serious pain and alot of them never see retirement?  Yeah turns out working on roofing or framing your whole life is bad for your joints and back.  Maybe we need to institute robot football.

 

My contractor said even if he was rich, he would keep remodeling homes the rest of his life. He does it because he loves doing it. I don't know if that is a popular sentiment for people who do the other construction stuff - actually building the homes that he flips and remodels. But what does that have to do with the NFL?

 

Unfortunately NFL teams are not applying lessons learned about many injuries. While concussions are getting a lot of attention now, many soft tissue injuries and broken bones are still not treated properly. That's something I tried twice to talk about in a separate thread, but nobody replied, so I assumed only I am interested in the topic.

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