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Chris Lawrence - West Tigers
Sep 26^th, 2020 at 12:21pm

Just reading an article about Chris Lawrence, which is effectively a diary of what he went through following a freak training accident last year.

Don't know the bloke - don't even follow the Tigers - but a pretty detailed story about what can go wrong in "collision sports" for even the best prepared people.

Good on him for getting back and getting back into it. Not sure I would have, given what he's gone through.

Can't link the article, but it's in The Age, in the NRL section.

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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Chris Lawrence - West Tigers Reply #1 - Sep 26^th, 2020 at 2:18pm havent read the story but he wil pay for it later on in life..they keep very quiet about what ex footy players have to deal with..after retirement..
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Reply #2 - Sep 26^th, 2020 at 3:31pm

cods wrote on Sep 26^th, 2020 at 2:18pm:

havent read the story but he wil pay for it later on in life..they keep very quiet about what ex footy players have to deal with..after retirement..

Good point.

Another article elsewhere in the same paper, about ex-St Kilda player Patrick McCartin "ready to return to the AFL" after retiring early from multiple concussions. He reckons he's ready to go, while others are saying "do something else, for the sake of your long-term health".

I wonder how many CTE studies/findings will be made in the next decade or so, and what changes to the various codes might result?

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Re: Chris Lawrence - West Tigers
Reply #4 - Sep 26^th, 2020 at 6:54pm

Mix_Master wrote on Sep 26^th, 2020 at 3:31pm:

cods wrote on Sep 26^th, 2020 at 2:18pm:

havent read the story but he wil pay for it later on in life..they keep very quiet about what ex footy players have to deal with..after retirement..

Good point.

Another article elsewhere in the same paper, about ex-St Kilda player Patrick McCartin "ready to return to the AFL" after retiring early from multiple concussions. He reckons he's ready to go, while others are saying "do something else, for the sake of your long-term health".

I wonder how many CTE studies/findings will be made in the next decade or so, and what changes to the various codes might result?

when you see how the NFL players are rigged up.. and then look at ours it has got to be an ego thing...from our point of view......NRL has far more body contact and unfortunately head contact......yet they go out almost naked. in comparison.

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Re: Chris Lawrence - West Tigers
Reply #5 - Sep 27^th, 2020 at 9:34am

cods wrote on Sep 26^th, 2020 at 2:18pm:

havent read the story but he wil pay for it later on in life..they keep very quiet about what ex footy players have to deal with..after retirement..

Yes so true. It is better now though. Some injuries more than others and some people more than others.

Bigger guys do better, Some do not have the type of injury that pay the worst long term. Todays players are much better off.

Chris had his face smashed very badly, I don't know this will disable him later in life but could be very wrong. Earlier he had his hip damaged that badly that it took 5 surgeons to put it back together. This one is a candidate for long term issues. I've known footballers who struggle to walk by 55 due to leg injuries in their youth.

Sometimes it is just the wear and tear, I remember having knee x rays at about 35, turns out that my knees were perfect, for a 60 year old.

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Ajax Gold Member Offline CO2 has never controlled temperature on Earth Posts: 10958 Australia Gender:	Re: Chris Lawrence - West Tigers Reply #6 - Sep 27^th, 2020 at 10:20am Very rare for elite athletes not to suffer from their activity later on in life. Especially sports like AFL and NRL. When these guys hit 40's and 50's they will suffer. And like someone said it is kept hush hush.
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Grappler Truth Teller Feller Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 80213 Proud pre-1850's NO Voter Gender:	Re: Chris Lawrence - West Tigers Reply #7 - Sep 28^th, 2020 at 12:15am Lots of acquired brain injuries....
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Dnarever Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 57150 Here Gender:	Re: Chris Lawrence - West Tigers Reply #8 - Sep 28^th, 2020 at 12:57am Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Sep 28^th, 2020 at 12:15am: Lots of acquired brain injuries.... Yes. In the 70's if you didn't have a couple of concussions in a game you didn't try hard enough. There is a cost to pay.
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