Gary Gutful
Post Whore
- Messages
- 51,896
No excuses!Concussion results from the brain moving a little. It would be a hell of an investment to create a device that holds the brain steady when there’s impact.
No excuses!Concussion results from the brain moving a little. It would be a hell of an investment to create a device that holds the brain steady when there’s impact.
I've been called a bush lawyer. I reckon not much as it's been an ongoing thing. If it was a new injury like a broken back it might be different.Would Matterson have some form of civil recourse against Kaufusi for loss of earnings if his career goes pear shaped from here? Any lawyers in the house?
It appears he has passed the concussion protocols/doctors assessment 2 weeks in a row yet he withdraws at The Captains run. It sounds complicated which would be concerning when allocating blame/intent etc. This isn't looking good. It could have seriously damaged his confidence.I've been called a bush lawyer. I reckon not much as it's been an ongoing thing. If it was a new injury like a broken back it might be different.
I think a few years ago there was a Wallabies player that seemed right to go but then during or after training would get headaches. Spent months I believe out. Not sure what happened to him.It appears he has passed the concussion protocols/doctors assessment 2 weeks in a row yet he withdraws at The Captains run. It sounds complicated which would be concerning when allocating blame/intent etc. This isn't looking good. It could have seriously damaged his confidence.
Some serious questions need to be asked here - if this latest concussion results in the early end of the career of a fine player, then serious investigations need to be made into Felise Kaufusi.
Obviously, nothing will happen, because the NRL is run by spineless simpletons, who don't have a clue about what player welfare REALLY means - but if the NRL was a properly-run organisation, they would be extending Kaufusi's suspension, to really set an example that acts of thuggery will not be tolerated.
Add Blake tooAnd all the injuries from other sides get talked up but we have had close to a $1million of our cap on sidelines for most of the year (Jennings / matterson).
we could make a pretty decent improvement to our squad with Jennings contract.....
That's a bit cheeky.Add Blake too
And some people were/are happy with Kaufusi's two week suspension. How is that a deterrent to what can result in this type of injury?
There is no way in the world that he would have followed through with his forearm/elbow as if Matterson had no head if he knew that the penalty was a 10+ week suspension.
Something tells me his tackle technique would have been totally different.
The two week suspension is a joke. I wish that a player would sue the NRL for not having strong deterrents and protections in place to prevent career and life altering foul play injuries. They deserve nothing less. Hopefully Mattereson is the litigious type and he does just that. With suspensions like that the NRL is just playing lip service to head trauma injuries.
Nothing like the threat of litigation to get them policing and charging players for foul play correctly.
Would Matterson have some form of civil recourse against Kaufusi for loss of earnings if his career goes pear shaped from here? Any lawyers in the house?
I dunno, but for a young bloke to be knocked completely senseless, be it unluckily or from foul play, it can't be good for his long term brain health IMO. He had at least another serious one while at the Tigers.Why are people suggesting Mattos career could come to an end here. Wasn’t his last concussion last year? I doubt very much he’s going to retire
I dunno, but for a young bloke to be knocked completely senseless, be it unluckily or from foul play, it can't be good for his long term brain health IMO. He had at least another serious one while at the Tigers.
It's not so much about "seriousness" as opposed to frequency, coupled with innocuousness (new word I just made up). Cordner copped a glancing blow on Origin last year, it barely would have knocked the froth of a cappuccino but he hasn't played since. And shouldn't ever again IMO. Matterson is walking a very fine line. His long term health needs to be paramount.He’ll be fine. It’s a collision sport I don’t think a player will retire after two or three concussions. If going by serious ones, teddy should of retired after sivo knocked him into another stratosphere
Why are people suggesting Mattos career could come to an end here. Wasn’t his last concussion last year? I doubt very much he’s going to retire
He’ll be fine. It’s a collision sport I don’t think a player will retire after two or three concussions. If going by serious ones, teddy should of retired after sivo knocked him into another stratosphere