Absolutely and glad you recovered. I had 2 non-minor ones as well. The one was a goalie taking my legs out from under me while a was going full speed on a break and I went headfirst into the post. That one I was knocked out but thankfully the symptoms only lasted a few days. The other non-minor one was playing football and it was a pile up, forward progress was stopped, refs blew the whistle and I stupidly let up as soon as I heard it. Guy from the other team basically suplexed me and my head bounced off the frozen ground. That one I had symptoms for almost 3 weeks. Having never had a previous concussion have symptoms lasting more than a week, I can't express how helpless a feeling it was for me when it hadn't gone away by the second week. Thankfully it went away the week after, but yeah, I can't imagine it lasting for a year (or sadly longer in a lot of cases). Just an awful feeling.
Jayden Epps diagnosed with concussion
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Plays a big part for sure! LolOr just remove "out" from your last sentence.
100%. You did not want to be that guy who told the coach you couldn't go back in. Sign of weakness and not being a team player, and easiest way to get yourself parked on the bench for good. Back in the if you weren't carried off on a stretcher, you're playing time period. Man we were stupid back then, lol.
Not making lite of the situation. I concur in your bewilderment on the number of concussions we have had in BB. I do not recall any other team having these many concussions.... ever.Is it just me, or are we the most concussed team in the country the past few years?
You can’t spell “concussion” without “cuss,” which I’m tempted to do now!
All the best to Jayden - hoping for a speedy recovery for the young man…
My very best to Jaden and his family. It would be very scary to receive a call that your college child has been hospitalized and you are a long ways away from them.
I will admit that the wording that was used by Coach seems a little bit odd. Unless I missed it there was no mention that he hit his head on the hardwood or had a physical run in with a player or took a hard hit in practice.
You would think that if it was a concussion, there would be some mention by somebody that some type of impact or hit took place between him and another player and there wasn’t- just that he went down in practice and it was an “awkward and tough situation”.
If it’s something different, and they are being careful with how it is phrased , then again the very best to him and family.
He seems to be a wonderful kid, but with a lot of pressure on his shoulders.
I will admit that the wording that was used by Coach seems a little bit odd. Unless I missed it there was no mention that he hit his head on the hardwood or had a physical run in with a player or took a hard hit in practice.
You would think that if it was a concussion, there would be some mention by somebody that some type of impact or hit took place between him and another player and there wasn’t- just that he went down in practice and it was an “awkward and tough situation”.
If it’s something different, and they are being careful with how it is phrased , then again the very best to him and family.
He seems to be a wonderful kid, but with a lot of pressure on his shoulders.
And Kofi was in game with PU
We got to be leading the Nation in concussion protocols over the last couple years...Geeezzzz......get well soon JE!!
Get well young man.
up to the young man from me and my church group. Speedy recovery.Ha. I remember walking off the football field in 1967 and dropping like a duck in the locker room. Woke up at home probably and hour later, (don't remember) and my Dad asked if I was okay. I said I think so. He said good. "The furnace needs coal". No $hit. He really really said that, Pru.
get better!
Stevegarbs
- Mokena, IL
There are several generations of men who suffered multiple, largely untreated, concussions from playing football. We may never fully know or appreciate the ramifications.
I think it just seems that way since these are the players we follow and love. If a freshman guard averaging 10 points a game on an unranked team in another conference sat out a game for concussion protocol most would probably never even hear about it. And when a well known player sits out a game we may hear about it but it might not really register as they are usually back (save for Belo) as good as new in a couple days.
So true (at least for me, anyway). I think in a lot of cases, no harm was done. But if you were one of the unlucky ones with a more serious injury, or worse, a recoverable injury that got turned into something chronic because some jack-a%% coach thought he knew better....
Count me among the fans of more caution for college athletes.
sacraig
- The desert
I recall during a football game once "getting my bell rung" and, when I got up, everything had a green tint to it for a few minutes. I went back in the game a few plays later once my normal color vision returned. I definitely shouldn't have.
It's a good thing we take these things more seriously now. It's not worth CTE.
I LOVED playing football. But I am now enrolled in the NCAA CTE monitoring program for former players as a result. Get two free medical evaluations in my lifetime as a result of a class action lawsuit - not exactly a windfall.
My son does not play football.
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