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Ricky Williams discusses concussions with Dan LeBatard

It might sound crazy, but I think there's some truth to what Ricky's saying

The mind is a very powerful tool, and if you work toward keeping yourself in tact than you will stay that way.

Problem is, alot of the people who are suing the NFL etc. weren't very smart people to begin with and are basically lost without football, and see the new concussion scares as a scapegoat for their feelings of inadequacy imho
 
ricky is off on this issue by a large degree, the evidence is starting to mount and it is not pretty
 
its not the one hit, its the thousands of small ones that are a problem, starting to see it with head balls in female soccer players,
 
I'm sick to death of hearing about concussions in regards to professional sports. It's not a sudden revelation that participating in contact sports can be dangerous. All of the professional athletes playing today are fully aware that people have been paralyzed and even have died from playing the sport. These are adults that have chosen to accept the risk. To me, these former players suffering from players remorse and now suing the NFL are out of line and should be blaming themselves for their choices. Nobody forced them to play. These players are no different than a smoker suddenly complaining about getting emphysema or cancer or an alcoholic complaining because their liver is toast. I don't want to hear these players blame others for their choice to accept the potential health risks that were inherant with the sport. Hindsight is 20/20.

Now, when it comes to youth sports, I have no problem with parents electing not to allow their kids to play, especially considering that these kids aren't adults and aren't yet able to fully understand and accept the risks. However, I also hope that these parents educate themselves and realize that sports such as soccer and racing come with just as much risk, if not more, than football. Hell, these parents put there kids much more at risk to serious injury handing their 16 year old a drivers license and keys to a car than all these sports combined.
 
Very interesting guy... Many people immediately write him off because of the early-retirement/marijuana charges, but I feel enlightened every time I see him in an interview. He has such a unique way of thinking, and the media isn't used to people like him. Yea, sometimes I think he is a little weird, but its okay to be weird. Every time I hear his point of view on issues it makes me think about it in a different way, which is a good thing.
 
His idea that the mind is powerful enough to do a lot of things is something that I buy into daily. I believe in positive thinking and all these ideals strongly. However, Ricky (as much as I do like him) sounds a little out of place in this comversation. To think some of the things he suggests will cure or prevent those who are currently predestined for the realities of these traumas is either very stubborn or ignorant. I appreciate his outside thinking on the subject and believe a lot of what he subscribes to. Because positive thinking and the thoughts of controlling your own path are real in my mind, but its kind of like saying someone who gets in a car accident and suffers brain damage to a debilitating degree has control of a full recovery by simply believing it. I don't want to sound harsh when I say this but Ricky as altered the way his mind works to a certain degree with his drug use. There are obviously many factors that go into how humans deal with these type of impacts. Some seem to handle it well given many variations of potential damage and others don't. I am hoping that they focus a little more on treating the brain in some fashion, because the only safe way to prevent this damage is to stop playing and aviod all contact that effects the brain in this manner.
 
brocolli rob said:
Ricky is definitely a bright guy. A good friend of mine, med student, went to Nova college in Davie. He'd see Ricky in there taking classes quite often. That being said, he is quite eccentric.

Needs to lay off the pot a little.
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Bah.

I'll smoke with ol' Rick any day. He made a good point though about taking care of his body in the offseason, because you know most athletes just go out and drink/drug it up. Not to mention about 99% don't commit suicide so this whole fiasco is ridiculous for the most part. Trying to blame ****ing suicides on Football, well, enjoy not having the game in about 30 years.

He also makes another good point regarding science and how 100 years ago, we'll even go back 50 when we thought/knew certain things and it turns out to be a joke. I swear, every day something else is giving us cancer as we are told not to eat X/Y food one year and then it changes.

It's not even necessary the impact..it's the way they are taking care of it. People are probably getting more brain issues playing Pop Warner (brain isn't developed, sure aren't using equipment like the NFL, most kids just go straight in with the head).
 
KingNick88 said:
Very interesting guy... Many people immediately write him off because of the early-retirement/marijuana charges, but I feel enlightened every time I see him in an interview. He has such a unique way of thinking, and the media isn't used to people like him. Yea, sometimes I think he is a little weird, but its okay to be weird. Every time I hear his point of view on issues it makes me think about it in a different way, which is a good thing.
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I agree. I've met much weirder people who haven't smoked marijuana.

madmic21 said:
His idea that the mind is powerful enough to do a lot of things is something that I buy into daily. I believe in positive thinking and all these ideals strongly. However, Ricky (as much as I do like him) sounds a little out of place in this comversation. To think some of the things he suggests will cure or prevent those who are currently predestined for the realities of these traumas is either very stubborn or ignorant. I appreciate his outside thinking on the subject and believe a lot of what he subscribes to. Because positive thinking and the thoughts of controlling your own path are real in my mind, but its kind of like saying someone who gets in a car accident and suffers brain damage to a debilitating degree has control of a full recovery by simply believing it. I don't want to sound harsh when I say this but Ricky as altered the way his mind works to a certain degree with his drug use. There are obviously many factors that go into how humans deal with these type of impacts. Some seem to handle it well given many variations of potential damage and others don't. I am hoping that they focus a little more on treating the brain in some fashion, because the only safe way to prevent this damage is to stop playing and aviod all contact that effects the brain in this manner.
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Completely disagree with this bolded part. Marijuana use has no bearing on your mentality once the effects wear off. Ricky's just naturally weird. And I love him for it. Weird is good. Socrates was weird.
 
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