Rugby Saint II

What about Hockey players or rugby players? If you play a physical contact sport for any length of time then you are going to be hobbled to some degree. Watching my rugby heroes growing up and seeing them now is like looking at two totally different people. Did any one see the movie North Dallas forty? Watch Nick Nolte get out of bed. That scene really tells the story on film about the mounting injuries that stay with you the rest of your life. These days I am strongly recommending that players retire early while they can still walk and become a referee.

I've always joked about concussions on here because rugby players don't use helmets and didn't get injured often during a tackle because we teach proper tackling technique. We literally just shook it off when it did happen and kept stumbling until we either fell down repeatedly or got our act together. No one made a player leave because we only had one sub for the entire game. In retrospect it wasn't a good idea. As a rugby ref I've had to train in concussion protocol and now understand the dangers.