Sad news.
ESPN - Says Everett "likely to be paralyzed"
News like this is hard to take, regardless who the individual is!
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Sad news.
ESPN - Says Everett "likely to be paralyzed"
News like this is hard to take, regardless who the individual is!
Yea thats sad, thats the worst fear for anyone who plays the game
Sad to hear
Yeah very sad indeed i hate to hear that for any ball player of any team.Thoughts a Prayers are with him and his family.
absolutely the crappiest part of the game of football
i know everybody says "injuries are part of the game" which is all well and good.......but [censored] like this sucks beyond comprehension
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Johnson</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sad news.
News like this is hard to take, regardless who the individual is! </div></div>
How so? Know him personally?
It's the NFL. As I've said a thousand times before, it is amazing that this sort of injury doesn't happen every week.
They know what they're getting into.
Watch Bob Costas' interview with Earl Campbell. The once unstoppable back is but a shell of his former self. He can't even walk. Costas asked him in a roundabout way if it was worth it. Campbell, smiling, replied in the positive.
Is it a tragic accident? Sure. But it is also to be expected.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: NotSoSilentBob</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Johnson</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sad news.
News like this is hard to take, regardless who the individual is! </div></div>
How so? Know him personally?
It's the NFL. As I've said a thousand times before, it is amazing that this sort of injury doesn't happen every week.
They know what they're getting into.
Watch Bob Costas' interview with Earl Campbell. The once unstoppable back is but a shell of his former self. He can't even walk. Costas asked him in a roundabout way if it was worth it. Campbell, smiling, replied in the positive.
Is it a tragic accident? Sure. But it is also to be expected. </div></div>
worst post ever
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BlueWahooChambor</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: NotSoSilentBob</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Johnson</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sad news.
News like this is hard to take, regardless who the individual is! </div></div>
How so? Know him personally?
It's the NFL. As I've said a thousand times before, it is amazing that this sort of injury doesn't happen every week.
They know what they're getting into.
Watch Bob Costas' interview with Earl Campbell. The once unstoppable back is but a shell of his former self. He can't even walk. Costas asked him in a roundabout way if it was worth it. Campbell, smiling, replied in the positive.
Is it a tragic accident? Sure. But it is also to be expected. </div></div>
worst post ever </div></div>
How so Mr Dickens?
how so?
while part of the game is injuries......this is beyond the normal scope of what happens normally
so says its to be "expected" or "they know what they are getting into" is beyond idiotic
this isnt the kind of thing thats to "be expected"
thats like saying if you are on a plane that crashes......."its to be expected" or "you knew what you were getting into"
is it a possibility? sure.......expected? not in the least
Career ending injuries are to be expected. As are plane crashes.
Jump on a plane, a crash is always a possibility. Play football, it is possible that you're going to be injured.
Tell me if i'm wrong but I hope i'm not, I believe there has been two bad injurys like this in the NFL in the last 15 years! Mr Everett and Mikey Irvin!! It's not a common thing in the NFL
Is it possible for a man to come into your house and shoot you? Of course it is, but at the same time it would be unexpected and a very rare occurrence.
He'd better be damn well armed...[img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/whistle.gif[/img]
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xplayer IS BACK</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Tell me if i'm wrong but I hope i'm not, I believe there has been two bad injurys like this in the NFL in the last 15 years! Mr Everett and Mikey Irvin!! It's not a common thing in the NFL </div></div>
irvin wasnt even like this......last thing like this was denis byrd.....and before that mike utley
Haha, I guess so in your home, however in a public venue this would be easier. Say while attending a UT football game?
youre wrong. lol
Mike Utley, Dennis Byrd, Darrell Stingley(longer than 15 years), and now KE. Al Lucas of the AFL before the merger died of paralysis, Derrick Thomas from spinal paralysis during a car accident, and guys like Jack Trice that died from on the field injuries do to internal bleeding. Irvin was fine by the time he got to the hospital from what I remember but he had some permanent damage done to him just like Sterling Sharpe.
Throw in college and you have guys like Talifaro, Curtis Williams who died, Chucky Mullins who eventually died, and several others.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mega</div><div class="ubbcode-body">youre wrong. lol
Mike Utley, Dennis Byrd, Darrell Stingley(longer than 15 years), and now KE. Al Lucas of the AFL before the merger died of paralysis, Derrick Thomas from spinal paralysis during a car accident, and guys like Jack Trice that died from on the field injuries do to internal bleeding. Irvin was fine by the time he got to the hospital from what I remember but he had some permanent damage done to him just like Sterling Sharpe.
Throw in college and you have guys like Talifaro, Curtis Williams who died, Chucky Mullins who eventually died, and several others. </div></div>
on the field episodes that lead to paralysis are limited in the last 20 years
hardly what would be considered "to be expected"
right, there arent that many, just saying there were more than what Xplayer mentioned.
I really didn't know....
Them are the only too that I knew of
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mega</div><div class="ubbcode-body">youre wrong. lol
Mike Utley, Dennis Byrd, Darrell Stingley(longer than 15 years), and now KE. Al Lucas of the AFL before the merger died of paralysis, Derrick Thomas from spinal paralysis during a car accident, and guys like Jack Trice that died from on the field injuries do to internal bleeding. Irvin was fine by the time he got to the hospital from what I remember but he had some permanent damage done to him just like Sterling Sharpe.
Throw in college and you have guys like Talifaro, Curtis Williams who died, Chucky Mullins who eventually died, and several others. </div></div>
Also Marc Buoniconti who played at The Citadel who became a quadriplegic in a game against ETSU.
Here's part of news article about it recently talking about a foundation he participates in:
Marc's football career ended on a third-and-4 play from the East Tennessee State 40-yard line midway through the first quarter of a game The Citadel would win 28-21. Running back Herman Jacobs took a pitch from quarterback Keith Harris and tried to run through a hole in the right side of the offensive line. Jacobs was hit first by Citadel linebacker Joel Thompson, who cut his legs out from under him, then by Marc. Marc's body appeared to go limp immediately after the hit.
The exact nature of the hit and Marc's physical condition going into the game became the subject of a lawsuit by the Buonicontis against The Citadel. They said the school failed to detect or warn Marc about an existing spinal condition that made it dangerous for him to continue playing football. They said the school should not have had Marc wear a strap connecting his face mask to his shoulder pads.
The school said the injury was caused by an illegal "spear" tackle -- Marc hitting Jacobs with the top of his helmet. The Buonicontis reached an $800,000 settlement with the school and trainer Andy Clawson, but continued his case against the football team's doctor, E.K. Wallace Jr. After a 23-day trial, a jury took three hours to rule against the Buonicontis.
"Marc's injury was a result of poor medical care at The Citadel," Nick said. "Marc and I have never blamed football for his injury."
The transfer to Miami
Marc was taken by ambulance to Johnson City Medical Center. He was listed in critical condition and neurological tests were done, but there was no question he would have to be moved somewhere else for long-term treatment.
Man you taking it the wrong way. Just saying regardless who it is to mean that exactly. Regardless who it is that this happened to, it's sad news to hear. Plain and simple.