Anyone watch recent Dark Side of Football? (1 Viewer)

[HouseCall]

“Playing with Pain” was the episode.

Lots of Saints represented and it wasn’t all very flattering, of course.

Kyle Turkey, Ditka, Ricky Williams, Delvin Breaux all on the episode.

The Breaux section made Payton look kind of bad.

Just curious if anyone else saw it and had thoughts.

 

[BreesusSaves]

Breaux and Payton got screwed by horribly incompetent doctors.

 

[HouseCall]

Breaux and Payton got screwed by horribly incompetent doctors.

I totally agree!

I kind of wish they’d have shed a little more light on how the doctors were the problem. They basically just said “2 doctors were fired” but they had a re-enactment of Payton and Breaux almost coming to blows.

 

[NatureBoy]

Yes, I’ve been watching Falcons games for as long as I can remember.

 

[RaginCajun83]

Was this episode any good? The one I watched on Belichick was boring

 

[Brock Meaux]

Just finished it. Great episode. Sad to see and hear what so many guys go through, even more so when our team doctors and coaches play a part in it. But it’s reality.

 

[HouseCall]

Just finished it. Great episode. Sad to see and hear what so many guys go through, even more so when our team doctors and coaches play a part in it. But it’s reality.

I did like the stuff with Ricky Williams. I’m glad to see he’s doing so well and really seems to be at peace now.

 

[saints4eva]

Was this episode any good? The one I watched on Belichick was boring

I thought it was interesting and informative. Lots of things I never knew. It confirmed my opinion of Belichick: he's a proven repeat cheater and Kraft's enabling him only makes it more disturbing. Kraft is definitely in cahoots with Goodell. The injustice of it all boils my blood when I think about how Goodell stuck it to the Saints over lies and trumped up charges. I despise Kraft and Belichick and Goodell.

 

[saints4eva]

“Playing with Pain” was the episode.

Lots of Saints represented and it wasn’t all very flattering, of course.

Kyle Turkey, Ditka, Ricky Williams, Delvin Breaux all on the episode.

The Breaux section made Payton look kind of bad.

Just curious if anyone else saw it and had thoughts.

Yes it was Delvin's own words that he was never given a reason for his being cut that make it sound so terrible. I can't imagine how the Saints could do that to him when apparently it wasn't his fault that the doctors were lying about the severity of his injury. Seems unconscionable to me. I always pulled for him and feel bad for him.

 

[Saint Droopy]

Why does it feel like a hit job on the Saints? So many references to Saints players and coaches on here its weird.

 

[tomwaits]

Did they have a segment on this "Race norming" thing that is being reported?

NFL pledges to halt 'race-norming,' review concussion claims of Black players

The NFL on Wednesday pledged to halt the use of "race-norming" — which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive functioning — in the $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims and review past scores for any potential race bias.

www.pbs.org

 

[Optimus Prime]

Did they have a segment on this "Race norming" thing that is being reported?

NFL pledges to halt 'race-norming,' review concussion claims of Black players

The NFL on Wednesday pledged to halt the use of "race-norming" — which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive functioning — in the $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims and review past scores for any potential race bias.

www.pbs.org

I'm surprised this wasn't a bigger story when it first broke a few weeks ago

 

[tomwaits]

I'm surprised this wasn't a bigger story when it first broke a few weeks ago

When I first saw a headline about it I thought the story was going to be shedding light on something the NFL did decades ago, not that they are now looking into no longer doing this.

 

[Saint Droopy]

I'm surprised this wasn't a bigger story when it first broke a few weeks ago

I'm not.

 

[Tpstr]

Agreed. The league will bury this story deep.

I'm not.