Great article on the rigors of football

[Cuseregular]

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/08/27/emotional-robe-gronkowski-provides-reminder-of-harsh-realities-of-football/

Greatest team sport ever but article is spot on. I know how I feel after playing my whole life and 4 years in college, can't imagine what these guys deal with. Between this and tim green it makes me feel lucky the pro thing didn't work out. If I had a kid think I'd discourage playing the sport until even more safety modifications/rule changes are made.

All for any changes they make to reduce the chances of injury and happy to see the equipment improvements being made. Love the sport, will continue to love the sport but man these articles bring home the realities of the toughness inherent in it.

 

[donniesyracuse]

Which is why it is amazing when a fan calls a player "soft."

 

[Yegorange]

Good article. That link didn’t work (turned out due to a typo in the name). Here’s one from the site:

Emotional Rob Gronkowski Provides Reminder Of Harsh Realities Of Football

Football players aren't really allowed to talk about their bodies the way Rob Gronkowski and Andrew Luck have discussed this week. The rules are clearly changing.

boston.cbslocal.com

 

[shu 49]

I can only imagine the pain and stuff u guys deal with. I know a ton of people including my best friends mom who had ALS and I’m fairly sure she didn’t play football. I know Tim must have knee ankle and maybe some brain issues but football I don’t think causes als. I had my kid play and my grandkids will play. No better to teach team and working with another individual or many individuals as football. I had a few concussions in hs and 1 wrestling in college and I knew that stuff would or could happen. I love the sport too much and without it I woulda been into trouble.