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Antwaan Randle El (official thread)

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kippy1040

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It is sad and disturbing what you hear about Antwaan saying he regrets, now that he played in the NFL.. I have always stated that it will be just a matter of time, when the NFL may no longer exist, if they don't take measures to improve the methods of teaching players how to tackle instead of hitting players. I believe that more and more players will come forth about this issue becoming worse and worse. But something has to be done real quick. A game that we all loved for so long may be a thing of the PAST.
 
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So Randle El learned how to tackle in the NFL? I thought he played offense? And I seem to remember him playing some ball in college as well?
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What I was referring to was the reason that Randle El took some vicious hits from the defense...........and this was the price he paid for by playing in the NFL. I realized that he played offense. My apologies if you mis-understood my post.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
He's 36 years old.
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I can't determine if you're genuinely telling me because you don't believe I know that, or if you're attempting to convey that his age makes his story more tragic?

If the latter, I'd be happy to point to the many veterans and those in the labor force with similar issues at Antwaan's age. Yet have a small fraction of the money he's made.

Again, you'll find no tears from me.
 
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Buckeneye said:
I can't determine if you're genuinely telling me because you don't believe I know that, or if you're attempting to convey that his age makes his story more tragic?

If the latter, I'd be happy to point to the many veterans and those in the labor force with similar issues at Antwaan's age. Yet have a small fraction of the money he's made.

Again, you'll find no tears from me.
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You said he's experiencing what we all will eventually. I didn't read the article, so I don't know what it is he regrets. I'm also assuming you're referring to normal aches and pains of growing old. But I'm almost 2 years younger to the day...and I don't plan on experiencing anywhere near the aches and pains a football player who played in the NFL for that long does.

Apologies in advance if I assumed incorrectly.
 
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You have to frame this quote of his properly:

In 2013, Randle El and three other former players filed a lawsuit against the NFL in a Manhattan federal court alleging the NFL “has done everything in its power to hide the issues and mislead players concerning the risks associated with concussions,” according to The Village Voice. In 2015, after that suit was consolidated with more than 2,000 others, he was one of more than 5,000 players that received more than $900 million in settlement money from the NFL to resolve a concussion lawsuit.

Since retiring in 2010, Randle El helped to found the Virginia Academy, a Christian high school in Ashburn, where he serves as the school’s athletic director. Originally, he was a proponent for the development of a football program at the school, but he has no remorse after it was cut two years in when it became too expensive.

“The kids are getting bigger and faster, so the concussions, the severe spinal cord injuries, are only going to get worse,” he said in the interview. “It’s a tough pill to swallow because I love the game of football. But I tell parents, ‘You can have the right helmet, the perfect pads on, and still end up with a paraplegic kid.’

“There’s no correcting it. There’s no helmet that’s going to correct it. There’s no teaching that’s going to correct it. It just comes down to it’s a physically violent game. Football players are in a car wreck every week.”
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Doesn't sound like a guy that sounds so remorseful to have played the game. Sounds more like a guy who isn't getting paid right now like he wants because he's out of the game and could have still been making that kind of cash playing baseball.

Don't get me wrong....do I feel for guys that played pro football and have nothing? In a way, yes.
Do I think the NFL was protecting their bottom line profits and misleading players? Of course I do.

But - do I think that most of these guys wouldn't put the pads on still? Hell no. They'd still play.

Also - Herman Edwards said it best...

"You pick your profession. It doesn't pick you."

Nuff said.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
... But I'm almost 2 years younger to the day...and I don't plan on experiencing anywhere near the aches and pains a football player who played in the NFL for that long does.
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And you probably won't be experiencing anywhere near the cash flow that a football player who played in the NFL for that long does. Like alex mentioned above, "You pick your profession. It doesn't pick you."
 
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