News Boyd Cordner retires

[AlwaysGreen]

He should have a great retirement winning at golf against rooster head honchos. $$$

 

[Valheru]

He should have a great retirement winning at golf against rooster head honchos. $$$

Doesn't make sense.

He isn't a player now so they can pay him whatever they want.

 

[innsaneink]

Fantastic career.... imo sounds like head knocks affecting him already

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Doesn't make sense.

He isn't a player now so they can pay him whatever they want.

Exactly.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Exactly.

So why bother with the golf charade?

 

[soc123_au]

Anyway, the feelings of sadness I feel for his retirement will be replaced by sheer joy when the inevitable LU meltdown comes around with the news of his medical retirement

I can't see how it could be argued tbh. I think even the most ardent Rooster haters will agree that it was time to call it a day.

 

[Perth Red]

Tough and uncompromising. Got plenty of money in the bank so probably a good call to get out whilst he can. A great example of how far effort can take you in our game.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

I can't see how it could be argued tbh. I think even the most ardent Rooster haters will agree that it was time to call it a day.

You’re not new here, Soc

 

[AlwaysGreen]

So why bother with the golf charade?

So is this confirmation that the golf games happen?

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

So is this confirmation that the golf games happen?

Didn’t see anything suspicious when caddying

 

[Frenzy.]

Anyway, the feelings of sadness I feel for his retirement will be replaced by sheer joy when the inevitable LU meltdown comes around with the news of his medical retirement

Not me BFO. I hope he is getting a medical retirement. Totally appropriate when you look at the medical retirements of Burgess and Inglis for limb injuries.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Didn’t see anything suspicious when caddying

Anyway, Boyd was a very decent player who I would have welcomed at my weird club.

Kudos to the Roosters for supporting their players during and after their careers.

 

[The_Frog]

Would’ve liked to have seen him finish his career on the field and doing a lap of honour post game like many a player have done before him.

He did three of those, Junior Pearce never did one.

 

[The_Frog]

Doesn't make sense.

He isn't a player now so they can pay him whatever they want.

He gets paid out his contract but it isn't on the cap if medical retirement has been approved as appears to be the case.

 

[blaza88z]

Anyway, the feelings of sadness I feel for his retirement will be replaced by sheer joy when the inevitable LU meltdown comes around with the news of his medical retirement

I'm not for one second suggesting they are playing games but in the future if an aging player came to an agreement with the club, what's stopping them from playing the career ending concussion card?

Concussions can't physically be monitored, only the bloke suffering knows what it's like

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

I'm not for one second suggesting they are playing games but in the future if an aging player came to an agreement with the club, what's stopping them from playing the career ending concussion card?

Concussions can't physically be monitored, only the bloke suffering knows what it's like

I guess an independent neuro specialist would give an assessment and recommendation.

 

[Frenzy.]

I'm not for one second suggesting they are playing games but in the future if an aging player came to an agreement with the club, what's stopping them from playing the career ending concussion card?

Concussions can't physically be monitored, only the bloke suffering knows what it's like

The people around him watching him slowly dementing would know something is wrong.

It won't be long before a CTE diagnosis can be made pre mortem anyway. A year or two. The USA has already made software that analyses MRIs in a different way.

 

[The_Frog]

Martin Lang ran tougher lines.

Made of tougher stuff too.

 

[The_Frog]

I'm not for one second suggesting they are playing games but in the future if an aging player came to an agreement with the club, what's stopping them from playing the career ending concussion card?

Concussions can't physically be monitored, only the bloke suffering knows what it's like

Gus was saying in his podcast recently how medical retirement can be rorted by clubs. They couldn't very well deny it to Cordner though with all the media on concussion.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Made of tougher stuff too.

By what criteria do you judge that on?