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| Watching Football: Something Weird Is Going On |
| 2022-12-17 |
| BLUF: [PJ] Recently, though, we have grown alarmed at the high volume of injuries among the teams, rosters increasingly decimated, offensive and defensive lines spackled with substitutes, quarterbacks going down like proverbial ninepins, and outcomes determined to a large extent by who remained on the field. In a recent game between the New England Patriots and the Arizona Cardinals, five players were assisted off the field before the first quarter was half-done, including a potentially career-ending injury to Cardinal signal caller Kyler Murray. Something was going on, but what? Our anecdotal impression was confirmed by a longitudinal analysis conducted by the National Library of Medicine, which concluded that "The rate of injury in NFL players during weeks 1-4 of the 2020-2021 regular seasons was significantly higher than during 3 recent past NFL preseasons and regular seasons." The first mRNA vaccine mandate came on the market in December 2020. The regular 2021 season began in early September, by which time most of the players would likely have been vaccinated. It was bad last year and clearly worse in 2022. Stamina and resilience, muscle and bone, have clearly been impacted. Apart from mentioning the names of the injured and the nature of their injuries, none of the sportscasters and commenters seem willing to address the elephant in the locker room. It is known that practically all the players are vaxxed, with only rare exceptions like Aaron Rodgers. It is known that a soaring number of adverse effects have followed upon the introduction of the vaccines and booster shots, including the spiraling prominence of what is called SADS, or Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, people popping off in record numbers, with no prior warning, to heart attacks, brain clots, and cancer. No one in authority, not even families who have lost "loved ones," will mention this unprecedented medical anomaly, which is certainly not the result of COVID-19 — the "19" is long past. Autopsies have plainly shown that the vaccines are implicated, as does the timeline. Yet omerta prevails. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 Seems like a lot medical incidents/injuries/deaths are appearing in the media across other sports as well. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2022-12-17 17:15 |
| #8 Given the No Firearms League's woke take on almost everything, I hope they concuss themselves right out of business. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-12-17 12:25 |
| #7 Not just size and speed of humans, but the craptastic game environment. Gotta have fake turf cuz it looks pretty on the teevee and we know how newer fans like teh shiny things. All of these things have been baked in over the last 3 decades so any recent spike in injuries is still outside the norm. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2022-12-17 12:16 |
| #6 Possible they are reaching the limits of the human body given the size speed and srength? There are always problems with strength programs creating weakneses susceptible to injury. I wonder about the affects of long term use of some modern supplements on tendon and ligament integrity. Also, todays NFL player is not the same as a decade ago. The highest level HS's and colleges are putting athletes through body punishing regimens at the weight, speed and strength of modern athlete development and by the time they enter the NFL they are pretty banged up already. |
| Posted by: jefe101 2022-12-17 11:13 |
| #5 I guess can see a potential argument as symptom of lockdown, maybe not getting the hits/conditioning in practice to prepare for games, but because of the jab? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-12-17 10:16 |
| #4 As players have gotten stronger and bigger, injuries have gotten more severe and frequent. Running backs have averaged 2 or 3 year pro careers for a long time with longer careers the exception |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-12-17 08:39 |
| #3 It's not science, but a postulate that bears further scientific examination. It won't get it, for some time, if ever. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2022-12-17 08:33 |
| #2 Well. Shorter careers mean fewer big contract renewals and lower pension payouts. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-12-17 06:21 |
| #1 Science. |
| Posted by: crazyhorse 2022-12-17 02:16 |