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battleangel · 2 years ago

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Football & Wrestling's Dehumanizing Nature - From a Fan

Things in Football that are dehumanizing:

•Number of players

•The facemasks

•The violence

•Fans mythologizing the players

•Fans believing the players are superhuman thus dehumanizing them

•Players dismissing the violence and cosigning what the NFL is doing which encourages fans to say, "Well, if Jason Kelce is okay with football, who am I to question the sport or the NFL?"

•TV personalities (former NFL players) seeming just fine to the viewers so it perpetuates the illusion that playing in the NFL isnt "that dangerous".

•Constant cognitive dissonance is encouraged at all times throughout every presentation of the NFL by players interviewed after the game, play by play announcers and color commentors, sideline reporters and studio analysts.

Are you ready for some death?

Viewers watched Damar Hamlin die live on TV. We had no update when he left the field. Then we found out later he was in a coma. Teams went back to practice.

Damar finally spoke, "Did we win?"

Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

The NFL had initially put a 15 minute timer on the screen when the ambulance removed Damar from the field. Players had been vomiting and sobbing around him. Viewers saw him lifelessly collapse backwards from an ordinary shoulder tackle to the chest.

Then we saw Stefon Diggs, one of the Bills captains, rallying his troops. Then we saw Joe Burrow warming up and throwing the football. The timer continued to tick down.

70,000 Bengals fans had been silenced.

Troy and Buck tell the viewers there is no official word yet on whether the game is going to continue but, as viewers, we can see Stefon Diggs and Joe Burrow getting ready to get back on the field on the sidelines. Then we see the teams head to their respective lockerrooms.

Troy and Buck tell us theres still no word on whether the game will continue, be postponed or cancelled. We are taken back to our studio analysts Booger, Schefty and the female co-host. Over an hour passes by without a decision. Finally, the call is made to suspend play.

But once Damar speaks, the NFL media removes the on-screen 15 minute timer from the endless retelling of the story.

Stefon never rallied his troops. Burrow never warmed up on the sidelines. The official story retold all week was that there was an official process the NFL had to undertake to call the game off and that, yes that process takes some time and isnt automatic and it did take over an hour, but the NFL did the right thing.

There was no on-screen timer. Stefon Diggs and Joe Burrow were never shown on the sidelines preparing to return to play.

Dont believe your own lying eyes.

Fans are constantly given mixed messaging. Football is at the same time: a children's game, war, brutalistic, violent, a blessing to be able to play, potentially career ending on every play, gladiatorial, as American as apple pie, entertainment, a crucible, a maker of men, just a game, high risk/high reward, not for the faint of heart, a character builder, concerned with "player safety", maximizing profit at all costs, a game that children play that NFL players get paid millions of dollars to play as adult men, a game with 100% risk of injury.

Which one is it?

NFL players have an aura of invincibility and immortality. Therefore, they will never get old, injured, have CTE, early onset dementia or memory issues.

They will live forever, always young, strong, unstoppable and immutable. They are our avatars and the audience lives (and plays football) vicariously through them.

Fans are constantly fed the lies by current players and TV analysts, many of whom are former players themselves, that the NFL players are "grown ass men" who knew the risks when they signed up, they chose to do this and, by the way, they are being paid handsomely for this. They would rather be playing football with all its risks than be a life insurance sales rep, for example. They live for the rush of the adrenaline and the hits just like the fans do.

Bullfuckingshit. What 8 year old can make a decision like this? Many NFL players started playing football at the Pee Wee, Mighty Tykes or Pop Warner levels.

An 8 year old child can truly decide if the game of football is worth sacrificing his mind over?

Most NFL players have older men in their families who also played football - fathers, older brothers, uncles. What kind of a choice is that if football is just what the men in your family do and you are a child?

Football is violent, exciting and fun. 14 year old teenagers - not adults - are filled with hormones and pumped up with testosterone. Even the NFL players who started later in high school, at the age of 14, I would argue were influenced by the glamorization of football in American culture, the hero worship its players receive, the tough gladiators they see every Sunday on their TV screens during football season and the social status conferred upon popular football players in the social jungle known as high school.

A million teenage boys play football in high school every year and never get paid a dime for it -- even the ones who play for big programs with games that air on ESPN Friday nights.

They are getting concussed. They are sustaining serious injuries. Their high schools are profiting handsomely. They are just kids! They are being exploited.

In high school football, per the rules prior to a recent rule change in 2022 - just last year, a quarterback cannot throw the ball away like he can in the NFL if he can't make a play.

Why are "grown ass men being paid millions" being protected more than kids playing for free in high school?

Out of the million high schoolers who play football every year, only 100k play in college and only 1,000 play in the NFL.

Division I college football rakes in billions, the men who are playing Division I football make nothing and are not even offered health insurance by their schools.

They often suffer debilitating lifelong injuries including head trauma, CTE, paralysis and even death. Yet the schools pay them nothing. Yes, they can now make money off of their Name, Image and Likeness (NIL).

But why do the schools make billions and the young men who sacrifice their bodies and minds for this sport get paid nothing by the schools endlessly exploiting and profiting off of them?

Why cant the schools making billions off of these young men's literal blood, sweat and tears even offer them at least health insurance that would cover catastrophic injuries?

College teams routinely administer powerful painkillers and narcotics to players, often times vastly exceeding the recommended dosage, without warning the players about the risks and serious adverse side effects.

A "grown ass man" is a fucking 18 year old per the laws of the United States. None of the men playing in the NFL made the initial choice to play the game of football as an adult.

Most started playing as kids, some as late as high school, at 14. All were children, not adults, when they made the decision to inflict bodily violence and harm upon themselves and others, to accept head trauma, collisions, concussions, potential memory loss, potential early onset dementia, potential CTE, potential paralysis and even potential death.

It was a decision guided by and heavily influenced by the older men in their families, our cultures worship of football and deification of the men who play it, the smiling TV analysts with their expensive suits who played the game, the intense poverty many players in the league suffer in childhood that they are so desperate to escape, the millions they believe they can make on the professional level when less than 1% of high school football players will ever even suit up for a game in the NFL.

Thats not a free choice by a "grown ass man".

Thats a coerced choice made by a child with long lasting and potentially debilitating, devastating and even fatal consequences.

Why are we okay with this?

So, even if the choice to play football is made as children and teenage boys, even if that decision is endlessly influenced by their fathers, brothers and uncles who played, the football gods on TV every Sunday, the smiling TV analysts in their expensive suits and the social rewards from playing the game, well, (the disingenuous argument goes) -- why don't they just walk away as adult men playing in the NFL? Why don't they do what Chris Borland and Andrew Luck did?

The reason those names instantly come to mind is because walking away from your NFL career early is vanishingly rare.

These men, since they were boys, have been indoctrinated into the mythos of football.

All they have known is football. If you start playing at 8, by the time you make it to the NFL, you have literally been playing football for most of your life. They don't know anything else.

Football is practically a religion.

Its not just a game. Its going to war with your brothers. Its a brotherhood. Its the epitome of masculinity. Its manhood distilled to its purest essence. It proves youre a man. It purifies you. Its a crucible and, if you pass through, you are a battle tested warrior.

Coerced choice:

•Father, brothers, uncles and older men in the family play football so its "just what the men in the family do"

•American society endlessly glamorizes and glorifies football

•Football is presented as the ultimate sport on TV and the players are shown as heroes

•Social rewards for playing football as football is the sport in most high schools that has the most fans in the stands and the good players are popular and are at the top of the social hiearchy in high school

•Football is equated with masculinity in our society - "its what tough guys do". There is a social reward for playing football in that you are automatically regarded as and conferred with the status of being a "tough guy".

•A child and even a teenager is not truly capable of making a truly informed choice weighing all of the potential devastating, debilitating, life altering and potentially fatal consequences of playing football. Children and teenagers tend to think of the "right now". Their brains aren't even fully formed and developed yet. Teenagers also are dealing with a rush of hormones and being flooded with testosterone. No one is actually sitting them down and walking them through the dangers of CTE, the dangers of multiple concussions, the long term and permanent brain damage associated with repeated head impacts and subconcussive blows, potential memory loss, devastating injuries, possible paralysis and even death. No one is showing them former NFL players who cant even get out of bed in the morning. They cant move their neck from side to side. They cant open a pickle jar. They are seeing the gridiron heroes on Sunday afternoon running out of the smoke filled tunnel to the roar of 70k screaming fans. They arent seeing the men who have lost their minds to this game. Their lives to this game like Junior Seau and Dave Duerson. They arent seeing Aaron Hernandez. They arent seeing the men who have killed themselves, hurt their families, killed other people. They arent seeing the men diagnosed with early onset dementia at 36. They arent seeing the men unable to work, completely disabled from their playing days, at 40 who are denied any assistance from the NFL. They arent seeing any of that.

Theyre seeing the glory, the glamour, the hits, the violence, the excitement, the social rewards, the rich NFL athletes with the money, chains and cars, their seeing society's worship of the game of football, they're seeing the fun and the good sides of the sport, that it instills toughness, discipline, builds reslience and courage, and gifts you lifelong friends. Theyre not being shown the Eric LeGrands. Theyre not being shown that men who stopped playing even at the high school level have been found post mortem to have had CTE. Not college. Not Division I. High school.

How many men -- and boys -- will we sacrifice on the altar of football?

"The physical, gladiatorial nature of the game attracted them in the first place, many said. Among its rewards were electrifying Sundays, deep relationships with teammates, personal pride and social mobility - it paid for their college educations and afforded them a lifestyle they would never have enjoyed otherwise."

Most were kids when they started playing (ages 5 to 8 - Joe Burrow started at 8). Why wouldnt football seem alluring as a child? Its violent, exciting and fun. In real life, you cant hit anyone, throw anything, be too loud, etc.

In football, you are rewarded for lack of impulse control when teachers and parents punish you for it in real life. Its attractive because all of the "look both ways before you cross the street" rules get thrown to the wayside in football. You are not only allowed to but are actively encouraged to and have to hit. You have to be out of control. The rule in football is, dont follow any of societys civilized rules and go out there and hit each other.

What child doesnt want to break the rules?

I feel the wild and unrestrained nature of the sport naturally appeals to a childs rebelliousness and impish nature.

Does that really mean that that child wants to struggle to walk and remember where their keys are at 40?

"Supplanted those thoughts deep within us"

Sublimation of the mind, sublimation of the self.

Its the only way the players can get into 70 to 80 car crashes Sunday then put the pads right back on Wednesday at practice and start hitting again.

Similar to training camps in boxing where you are literally getting punched hundreds of times in the head to prepare for a fight for weeks.

Its a constant process of self denial, self abnegation, erasing the self, willful amnesia, willfully brainwashing yourself, always with a cool bravado, an indifferent attitude, a devil may care swag, always unafraid, never questioning the constant physical trauma that you are constantly subjecting your body to.

The body doesnt want to be traumatized regardless of how much the mind or spirit of these players may want to play the sport. They are constantly going against their bodies' natural wishes and self preservation instinct to not be harmed.

Yet they get in the car again and suit up and put the helmet on for yet another car crash.

Serious injuries that require surgery temporarily short circuit the brainwashing ritual.

They are no longer with their teammates every day. No reviewing film, taking notes. No reviewing the game plan. Studying the opponent. No drills. No hitting.

Nothing but surgey, pain, solitude, recovery, medication and your body rebelling against your desire to go back to the very thing that caused the injury and surgery in the first place.

This applies to wrestling too. Flat back bumps are the most unnatural thing in the world. Thats why so many corporate team building retreats will ask you to fall backwards and let your co-workers catch you.

Wrestlers brainwash themselves for six to twelve months during training.

What do you think ring rust really is?

Its the body rejecting the unnatural trauma it is being asked to put itself back through after the wrestler returns after time away from the ring.

Theres nothing normal about concussing yourself as you slam your body against a mat that has wooden boards underneath it thousands of times.

The wrestler brainwashes himself and, through thousands of repetitions, forces the body to adapt, but to never truly accept the constant physical trauma.

So, when theres an injury and the wrestler is out of the ring for awhile then returns, the body initially rejects the unnatural reintroduction of the trauma. We saw this with the Young Bucks on AEW All Access.

The body doesnt want to be continuously and repeatedly subjected to physical trauma.

The body rebels, the mind suppresses. The body rejects, the mind denies. The body pushes back, the mind brainwashes.

8 in 10 former NFL players per a 2017 study report pain that lasts for most of the day.

The current NFL players are young men in their 20s who have an invincibility aura endlessly reinforced by the fans.

Testosterone, money, fame, women, 70k roaring fans and smoke-filled tunnels.

You cant play in the NFL, box, fight in UFC or professionally wrestle unless you have a self myth of invincibility.

They all feel like that and the media and fans endlessly uphold and reinforce the myth.

Why would they think beyond the current season, much less 15 to 20 years from now?

We worship their recklessness and marvel at their ability to throw caution to the wind, their physical courage and their lack of regard for their own well being.

Their braveness, toughness and swag. How they pop right back up no matter how hard the hit is. We endlessly cheer this all on and adulate them for it.

They are the only ones who have to pay for it later once the cheering stops.

"It's like being awfully drunk at night and throwing up and swearing you will never let it happen again," said Ralph Cindrich, a former NFL player who now serves as a player agent. "And the next morning you're having a bloody mary at 9."

It is exactly like this - this is the ritual brainwashing where you convince your body to get back into the car crash Wednesday after 70 to 80 car crashes on Sunday - 17 weeks in a row.

Same with hitting drills for months during training camp.

"To improve the quality of life for my family."

If the above quoted former player (now disabled human) doesnt care and is okay with all this, then I care that the NFL exploits all its current and former players by not offering them guaranteed contracts. A lot of the money in NFL contracts are incentives based on performance so if you dont play, or you dont play well, you dont get any of the incentives.

Contracts in the NFL aren't guaranteed like in all other major US sports so you can be cut at any time. Team physicians makes decisions and diagnoses based off of the teams interest, not the players.

Just because the players have been brainwashed all their lives by the men in their family who played the game and by coaches yelling and barking orders at them ("Sir, yes sir!") to accept all this as okay doesnt mean I have to.

They are told they're invincible their entire lives!

The fans tell you. Your coach and father brainwashes you.

What the hell else are the players going to believe?

They're already reckless or they wouldn't be playing a collision sport.

Then the fathers and coaches add their machismo crap and the fans add their worship and adulation.

Then we act surprised that the players themselves think they're invincible?

How else do running backs run through a wall of linemen 25 to 30 times a game? How else do cornerbacks launch themselves against players sometimes outweighing them by 100+ pounds? How else do tight ends bang on the line 70 to 80 times a game? How else do you get sacked 70+ times in a season and keep brushing it off like it's nothing?

The entire sport, like PBR (bullriding), is based off of the lie that these men are invincible gods, that they are indestructible, superhuman and impervious to pain then we as a society want to blame the men for believing the indestructability myth they have been indoctrinated with their whole lives??

Thats the vicarious nature of football, boxing, UFC, professional wrestling and PBR.

If just for a moment, I can pretend that I would have stood still and calm in the pocket and gotten absolutely smashed like Joe Burrow did when he calmly and accurately threw an absolute dagger for first down to seal the game against the Chiefs with a 350 lb defender barreling towards him at top speed.

If only for a moment, I can pretend that I would ride a 1500 pound enraged bucking Brahma bull then get wildly thrown off after 8 seconds.

Just for a moment, I can pretend I am Adesanya with my arms held high in exultation, in the bloody octagon as the fans roar their approval.

But then we get to go back to our real lives, heads and minds and memories and joints and bones and ligaments and tendons intact. They don't.

They pay the price for us to live vicariously through them as our avatars.

Why the hell didn't Jon Moxley (AEW former Champion wrestler) take his vacation?

We all know Moxley has replaced his alcohol addiction with an UNhealthy addiction to self-mutilation in the ring (aka the cute and dismissive euphemism of "blading") and constant physical matches.

He should have gone on vacation when MJF won. He literally can't. Renee knows this and the fans mock her for it when she dares to tweet her concerns over the love of her life and father of her child bleeding like a stuck pig for no reason on a random Rampage Friday night at 10:06 pm.

Moxley bleeds when his theme song hits someone on twitter says. Renee forces herself to type LOL in response while she cringes internally.

Why else was Moxley doing deathmatches in GCW as the World Champion on TV in AEW?

Its the same reasom why Joe Burrow said "I like getting hit" the season he was sacked over 70 times.

I know. Why am I still watching then?

Joe Burrow, Eagles, NFL, WWE, AEW, ROH, Impact, NJPW, Ricky Garcia.

Im still watching because I cant let go of my admiration for them.

Like, thats my internal struggle. But hell yeah, I'm human. When the music hits and Joe Burrow runs out of the tunnel, I mean seriously?

Its what their father, uncles and older brothers and coaches told them they were supposed to do.

Seriously, pull up Pop Warner tackle football drills for 8 year olds on Youtube and listen to how the coach gets them to hit each other.

We laughed at Giselle because she dared to tell an uncomfortable truth about the goat.

2,000 individual players played in the NFL last season.

There is no other sport like that in the world.

It allows and causes all these excesses and abuses. The players are nothing but interchangeable and disposable chess pieces because theres so many of them. Theyre nothing but videogame characters we get to switch off with a push of the remote button. Theyre not flesh and blood. Theyre not real. They are here to entertain and excite and inspire us. Then when Troy and Buck say good night, we turn them off, and they cease to exist.

How else does Sammy Guevara fly off the top of the cage unless he convinces himself of the same invincibility myth that NFL players convince themselves of?

Nothing can hurt me. I am invincible and unbreakable. There is no ladder I wont jump off of, no cage I wont leap off of, no spot is too high or too dangerous.

Its all bullshit but the fans eat it up and so do the athletes. Its an endless reinforcement loop.

We cheer Vikingo on and we pretend that Rey Mysterio hasnt had 14 knee surgeries.

We cheer the needlessly reckless and fucking dangerous high spots the most.

Our jaws drop, our adrenaline flows and we roar our approval as the spots continue to get ever higher, more reckless and more dangerous.

And all we do is give a bigger pop in return.

"The analysis, based on self-reports among former NFL players, found that Black players were significantly more likely than white players to experience diminished quality of life due to impaired physical function, pain, cognitive troubles, depression and anxiety. In four of five health outcomes, the gaps were greatest between Black and white former players."

76% of the NFL is black.

The above analysis showed that Black former NFL players were 50 percent more likely than white former players to have pain that interfered with daily activities, as well as depression and anxiety.

Black former players were 36 percent more likely to have cognitive symptoms -- including memory deficits and attention problems -- that impacted their quality of life. Black former players were also nearly 90 percent more likely to report impaired physical functioning, compared with their white peers.

Other factors that may affect health outcomes, the researchers also looked at number of seasons played in the NFL, position played, concussion symptoms, surgeries, body-mass index, use of performance-enhancing drugs, lifestyle habits including drinking and smoking, as well as pain medication use. The differences between races persisted even when the researchers accounted for the possible influence of these factors.

The researchers examined whether differences in health varied by a player's age, as a surrogate marker for diversity and equity in the era that they played in. Although younger nonwhite players were in the NFL during a period marked by greater diversity and greater equity, their risk for adverse health outcomes remained the same as that of older players.

A first-of-its-kind comparison between elite pro athletes suggests higher overall mortality among NFL players compared with MLB players. NFL players also appear to have higher risk of dying from cardiovascular and neurodegenerative causes compared with MLB peers. The differences warrant further study of sport-specific mechanisms of disease development. Clinicians treating current and former NFL players should be vigilant about the presence of cardiovascular and neurologic symptoms and promptly treat risk factors such as sleep apnea, obesity, hypertension.

The findings are based on a retrospective analysis of death rates and causes of death in 3,419 NFL (National Football League) and 2,708 MLB (Major League Baseball) players over more than 30 years.

There were 517 deaths among NFL players and 431 deaths among MLB players between 1979 and 2013. The difference translates into a 26 percent higher mortality among football players compared with baseball players. NFL players had a nearly threefold greater likelihood of dying of neurodegenerative conditions, compared with MLB players. They also had a nearly 2.5-fold risk of dying from a cardiac cause, the study showed.

Football players sustain countless traumatic head injuries throughout their careers. These athletes enjoy the best of care while on the team, but it's estimated that up to 80% of NFL's former players are not covered under employer-sponsored medical plans.

Theres such a high impact, risky style thats popular in wrestling today. I believe there will be severe consequences of this high risk style for todays wrestlers 10+ years down the road. Its just not safe or sustainable the way Darby Allin, Sammy Guevara, Young Bucks, Bryan Danielson, Vikingo, Lucha Bros, etc wrestle. It is too high risk and it is too hard hitting and there are going to be many repurcussions down the line.

The USFL and XFL players get a CHANCE to get to the NFL, theyre on TV and theyre continuing their dream.

They are also ALL getting concussed for ~$40k a year with NO health insurance coverage once they leave the USFL.

Unlike NFL, there is no vesting, pension or continuing health coverage.

So yeah, they can continue the dream, but at what cost?

Unlike a minor league baseball player, these USFL and XFL players will all have brain damage (literally what a concussion is) and may also have debilitating and even permanent physical injuries that continue after they leave their respective leagues with no continued health insurance from the leagues they played for.

If someone is paralyzed on a kickoff return in the USFL, what does that person do?

Its all the risks of the NFL without any of the financial rewards and without even the possibility of vesting, receiving a pension or continuing health insurance once they stop playing.

Injuries incurred while in the USFL will be viewed by employer sponsored health coverage plans as pre-existing conditions and most will be denied coverage.

Then what happens as most of these guys will never make it onto an NFL team?

Wrestlers do need protection from themselves but NXT, AEW, NJPW, GCW, etc encourages a flashy, risky, dangerous style with tons of stunts and ridiculously high spots.

Yes, they wrestle a lot less today, especially AEW, with a lot less house shows.

But coffin drops on the apron arent sustainable. 450 splashes from the top of the cage arent sustainable. Botched unnecessary risky ladder spots are completely dangerous.

Yet they happen again and again.

I gasp too, my jaw drops too, I say holy shit! too. Im human, I love drama, I love characters, I love personas, I love larger than life personalities, I love storylines, I admire physical courage, I respect the sheer physicality of it all and the toughness required, I love their bravado, I love their swag, I love that they took the road less traveled in society and said fuck a 9 to 5, the women are sexy, they are all brave and fearless as fuck, I love the gimmicks, I love the faceoffs, the staredowns, shit talk, confrontations, backstage segments and all the rest of it.

So similar to how I feel about football.

I dont love them breaking down their bodies and minds to entertain us in wrestling and football and boxing.

Im so conflicted.

I asked myself why I cant stop watching wrestling.

I am too invested in the characters, storylines and the wrestlers journeys. Too caught up in the drama.

Who else is Swerve adding to his crew? Cant wait to see BTE and BCC tear it down. Jade vs Taya, are you kidding me. Want to see Ruby, Saraya and Toni fuck it up.

I dont just want the adrenaline, I need the release. I seriously wanted to do that 7 week wrestling training class with Quackenbush. I am doing the 1 day wrestling workshop at Chikara's wrestling school in June.

I cant get over concussions from the flat back bumps. Thats why I backed out of the 7 week class.

They say subconcussive, science says me slamming myself backwards against a mat with wooden boards under it, "spreading the impact" or not, my brain is still being jerked with the impact, hitting the inside of my skull, thats a concussion!

Linemen hitting every play, concussion! Running backs running into a wall of linemen, concussion! Quarterback still as a statue in the pocket throws a dart to his wide receiver and gets absolutely smashed by a 300+ pound defender, thats a concussion! Tight ends banging on the line, concussion! WR smashed in the open field, concussion! Every QB sneak is a concussion! Every time the QB runs it in less than 5 yards from the goal line and smashes himself into a wall of men, concussion! Every kick off return that doesnt end in a touch back, concussion! Every onside kick, concussion! Punt return, concussion!

Every time players collide in football, concussion! Every time the QB falls backwards while being hit and slams his head against the turf, concussion! Every time a QB is sacked, concussion! Every time a LB hits the QB, concussion! Every time the DE rushes and hits the QB, concussion! Every time the QB is hit, concussion!

Every suicide dive is a concussion!

A concussion is head impact where the brain moves forward or backwards and hits the inside of the skull!

Its not nausea, dizziness, seeing stars, blacking out, loss of motor control, difficulty walking, memory issues or what a CT scan or MRI shows!

Its head impact where the brain moves forward or backwards and hits the inside of the skull even with no symptoms!!!!!

Every 450 splash, every splash to the outside, every top rope maneuver, every superkick, every stiff strike, every hard slap, every elbow strike, every kick to the head, every jump off the ladder, every jump from the top of the cage, every single time someone is put through a table, every time someone is thrown into the barricade, every time someones head is slammed into the exposed turnbuckle, every dive off the stage, every body slam to the outside, every slam into the ringpost, concussion!

Football and wrestling ARE concussions, period!

CTE tests in living people once available will expose the current lie that pretends that all of the above arent concussions and are normal football plays, normal wrestling spots, and "subconcussive impacts".

Science says they are concussions, multibillion dollar corporations like the NFL and WWE say they arent.

Who do you believe?

Heading the ball in soccer is a concussion. Batter being hit in the head by 95+ mph ball is a concussion. Catcher getting a foul tip to his mask is a concussion. Runner trucking the catcher or colliding with the catcher is a concussion. Many spots in cheerleading and gymnastics are concussions. Being checked against the board in hockey is a concussion. Tackles in lacross and rugby are concussions. Falling on hard wooden floorboards in basketball is a concussion. Elbow to the head from a defender in basketball is a concussion.

There is a reckoning coming in virtually all sports once CTE tests in living people are possible and neurologists say they will have it in 3 to 5 years tops.

Punches to the head in boxing, their entire sport, IS a concussion.

Elbows to the head in MMA, concussion. Knee strikes in MMA, concussion. Blows to the back of the head in MMA, concussion. Certain takedowns in MMA, concussion. Ground and pound in MMA, foundational to the sport, concussion.

There are changes coming among virtually all sports once the CTE test in living people is developed.

Tackle football will go away and will either become 7 on 7 with foam helmets like rugby and/or flag football.

Soccer will eliminate headers.

Hockey will eliminate checks and penalize things like high sticks more severely.

Mainstream boxing, I think, may go away.

MMA will focus more on wrestling, less on strikes, GnP and knockouts. It will transition more to tapping to submissions and pure grappling and wrestling.

Baseball will remove head first sliding and change some of the rules about how catchers can defend home. Hitters beaned in the head will automatically be removed from the game. Players in collisions running bases or sliding will be auto eval'd for concussions. Not sure what they will do with foul tips for catchers as that is rather unavoidable.

Cheerleading isnt designated as a sport, so there probably will be no changes. Gymnastics and synchronized swimming will have more frequent and rigorous concussion checks. Same with water polo and jockeys.

PBR may not change much, hard to say. The lower circuit rodeos are completely unregulated and those are the men (best of the best) competing in PBR. Not sure how much NASCAR will change either as every crash and slam into the wall is a concussion. Same with Formula 1, tons of concussions, not sure how much they will change.

There is a definite reckoning coming to the younger lower levels of these sports as schools, gyms and training facilities will be unable to get insured once it is discovered, depending on the sport, that ~20% to even 90%+ of the participants have CTE.

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So, thats why I cant stop watching wrestling, for football to be honest, its because of Joe Burrow. I wont pretend its deeper because it isnt.

I want to see his journey, I want to see him, I want to give him his literal flowers in person, I want to cheer him on. The Joe Burrow Quotes Note on my phone with all his quotes that inspire me says it all.

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Buffalo cleared Damar Hamlin.

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I still want to meet Joe Burrow.

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Joe said he wanted flowerS and hes only gotten more than 1 flower from his team and not a fan. Thats not right. I want to give him the orange bouquet. They also never die so for someone like Joe who loves flowers, how cool is that. Plus the roses are Bengals orange.

Joe is risking his mind, CTE, incurring permanent brain damage and further physical and structural damage to his body to put himself on the line for the fans. He admitted to Colin Cowherd there are tons of games he doesnt even remember, he was hit so hard. He already has amnesia from the hits and concussions! And noone can get the man more than a lousy flower at practice? Fuck that shit.

Im giving him the bouquet after a game. Bengals vs Ravens in Baltimore.

No union in any of the wrestling companies. They're all freelancers, no benefits. WWE, covers injuries that happen in-ring. If a stinger hits you later after you've been released, then thats your ass.

Does AEW cover medical expenses for injuries that occur in-ring? I am not sure of the policy. Doubt it or Danhausen wouldnt have needed the gofundme for his broken leg and subsequent surgery. Right?

Wrestlers can be released at any time. No pension. The pre-existing conditions from wrestling will not be covered by any future employers medical coverage plans. Same as NFL players who dont get to 5 years and dont vest.

So, whats the plan as a wrestler, other than trying to get rich as a main eventer? The percentage who achieve that vs those relegated to AEW Dark, a few matches here and there, sporadic appearances on Elevation then release?

Same with WWE. Mid carder, jobber, moved down to NXT, used as an extra on Raw a few times, disappear off TV for months, announced as released after Mania.

Then who pays for all the injuries accumulated in the ring? Neck, back, spine? Broken bones? Herniated discs? Surgeries? Physical therapy? Who pays?

What if you never got over to the point where a gofundme gets you anything close to paying all those bills out of pocket?

Trained for a year, debuted at an indy show, made some rounds at MLW, some appearances at PWG, show or two at GCW, used as fodder on AEW Dark or on NXT, used as a jobber, in a few matches on Rampage a few months apart, and the fans only know you as the "black girl not Red Velvet or Kiera".

So, then what happens to that wrestler who has knee, back, neck, spine issues, that whatever job they have, whatever medical coverage, it wont cover injuries sustained during their wrestling career because theyre pre-existing conditions?

What happens when youre not Brandi Rhodes, you dont make $10k in 2 hours, you dont get a signing at Wrestlemania, the fans dont remember you or are indifferent at best, your gofundme gets a few retweets, you sell some used gear to a few male fans, what about the $50k to $100k+ (easily $500k to $1m+) in medical bills all out of pocket that you have to pay because no employer sponsored medical plan will cover pre-existing conditions that occur in a wrestling ring or, for that matter, on a football field?

What happens to the Damar Hamlins of the world who dont die?

They just get taken to the back. We are told by Buck and Aikman that hes the cornerback for the Buffalo Bills, played at Pitt, standout corner, this was his first primetime game. Folks, our thoughts and prayers are with him as we head back to the field. Bengals have the ball on the 25.

Only, there is no update on the broadcast. If youre a Bills fan, maybe you find out that he was forced to retire due to a rare heart condition because he couldnt get medically cleared.

No fanfare. Gameday Morning doesnt mention him. Hes not a star, like Stefon Diggs or Josh Allen. In our zeal for how great the match up was with the Bengals, we have forgotten the injured, now retired at 24, cornerback. He quietly fades into obscurity, without being vested, without a pension, without benefits.

What happens to him?

In fact, there are many Damar Hamlins. They dont die dramatically on the field then get resuscitated later.

They retire early into obscurity, depression, bankruptcy, endless debt, broken bodies, broken minds and broken dreams.

And no one thinks about them. Outside of a very few like me. I googled all this after Damars injury. I wanted to know, what about guys like Damar, rookie season or a few years into the league, catastrophic injury, no vesting since they played less than 5 years.

You didnt die on MNF, so no fanfare, no drama, no mainstream media coverage, no 2 million dollars to your toy fund in 24 hours.

They are forgotten and tossed and brushed aside.

They are the price of playing in the NFL.

High risk, high reward. You can make millions or leave penniless. Thats the risk these men take, but its also the reward that they can get. They choose to roll the dice. They are grown men. That is their choice.

But what happens to them?

Silence.

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It's been announced that Matt Milano, one of the best Defensive players and All-Pro player for the Buffalo Bills, fractured his leg in the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars yesterday. There's also talk that he might have torn his ACL which no one has confirmed but Sean McDermott has said the words 'It doesn't look good' and I just gotta ask...

WHY DO THE GODS HATE BUFFALO? WERE THE FOUR BACK-TO-BACK SUPERBOWL LOSSES NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU? OR EVEN LAST YEAR, THE SEASON FROM HELL? IS THIS DELAYED KARMA FOR OJ SIMPSON BEING A FORMER BILLS PLAYER? OR EVEN OUR FORMER COACH MARV LEVEY BEING PICKED TO COACH UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY FOOTBALL BY OPPENHEIMER HIMSELF? OR IS IT BECAUSE MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS A FAILED BOOTLEGGER FROM BUFFALO?

(I honestly don't know how those things would impact Buffalo's karma but it's honestly the only negative things Buffalo has produced that could have turned the scales of the universe against the City of Good Neighbors)

Just to recap everything the Bills had to go through last season:

-The Tops grocery store shooting

-Dawson's Knox' brother died from a fight with cancer

-Losing to Miami and having players collapse from the heat (not the biggest obstacle but it's the Dolphins so losing to them will always sting)

-Losing Micah Hyde in week 2 due to a neck injury

-Losing Von Miller on Thanksgiving (the same game we got Tre White back from his ACL tear last Thanksgiving)

-Having to play three road games in 12 days because of the snowstorm the week before Thanksgiving

-Damar Hamlin collapsing

-Having the number one seed stolen from us because Gods forbid the Chiefs be less than first

-and finally, that shit show of a Divisional Round game where our Quarterback ran in our only touchdown which started the whole offseason 'Stefon Diggs wants to leave' mess!

...and yet I watch football every year and wonder why my doctor thinks I seem stressed.

#american football #Ginny rants about football #buffalo bills #bad enough we had to lose White but Milano as well #At least we'll get Groot back soon he just had a hand injury #And no one injured Von Miller #But we play the Giants next week and Gabols our former Offensive Coordinator #And they're hungry for a win after losing to the Dolphins #At least it's a home game for Buffalo and the crowd won't care it's a SNF game

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Chuck Hughes, a wide receiver for the Detroit Lions, is the only NFL player to die on the field during a game due to injury:

On October 24, 1971, Hughes collapsed and died of a heart attack after being tackled during a game against the Chicago Bears at Tiger Stadium. An autopsy revealed that a blood clot dislodged after the tackle, and his family had a history of heart problems. The Lions retired Hughes's number 85 jersey and named their annual Most Improved Player of the Year Award after him.

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One NFL player has died on the field. His widow watched Damar Hamlin's collapse

Derek Sheely

A 22-year-old fullback for Frostburg State University in Maryland died after passing out during a practice in August 2022. His father believes Sheely died from severe head trauma, but the university disagrees.

I won't argue that zero harm will have been done; but if it's an argument against boxing; it's an argument against football too and how responsibility is handled should be consistent. However the fact that the dead did consent to doing the sport should also be considered and factored in. A bit like "assumed risk" laws. I just argue that consensual harm is ones own responsibility or a shared responsibility for choosing to put yourself in that situation. Sporting IS dangerous. And if causing harm is why you want to change it; it should be all around

For instance, if someone ordered a metal gag and used it during electric play where a tazer was put to their jaw consensually and broke their jaw/teeth/whatever; who should be held at fault? Both who were part of the 'fun' since they both consented to the activity? Just whoever's bright ideas the jaw/metal gag combo with electric play? The gag manufacturer? The taster manufacturer?

Personally I take the first.

Khelif advances to the semi-finals and is now guaranteed a medal in Paris!

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The US stories everyone was talking about in 2023

From Damar Hamlin to the Gilgo Beach arrest.

ByEmily Shapiro

December 31, 2023, 6:15 AM

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2023 Year in Review — Biggest news stories of the year

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This year was full of first-of-its-kind stories that got Americans talking.

From Damar Hamlin's remarkable recovery to the captivating search for the missing Titanic submersible to the shocking arrest in the Gilgo Beach murders, here's a look back at the most talked about stories of 2023.

Damar Hamlin

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On Jan. 2, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed during a televised "Monday Night Football" game in Cincinnati.

The 24-year-old was quickly surrounded by medical personnel who performed CPR and restarted his heart on the field.

MORE: Damar Hamlin opens up about his 'remarkable' recovery in new interview

The NFL player was put on a ventilator and spent nine days in the hospital.

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Wildfire smoke engulfs major cities

The Statue of Liberty is covered in haze and smoke caused by Canadian wildfires, in New York, June 6, 2023.

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Fumes from wildfires in Canada engulfed the skies over much of the East Coast in June, turning the air a hazy orange and prompting serious air quality alerts in over a dozen states.

On June 7, New York City recorded the worst air quality rating of any major city in the world, with the air quality index climbing over 400. AQI ranges from 0 to 500, and levels under 100 are generally considered safe.

The dangerous smoke delayed flights, closed schools and postponed MLB games.

The missing Titanic submersible

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A submersible carrying five people vanished while on a tour of the Titanic wreckage off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, sparking a desperate, dayslong search that captivated the nation.

The 21-foot deep-sea vessel Titan, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, lost contact about an hour and 45 minutes after submerging on June 18 with a 96-hour oxygen supply. Among the five people onboard was OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush.

MORE: A timeline of the missing Titanic tourist submersible

On June 22, officials said they determined that the deep-sea vessel had imploded underwater, killing all five people on board.

The Coast Guard determined the Titan suffered a "catastrophic implosion." The Titan was found in pieces by a remotely operated vehicle on a smooth section of ocean floor more than 2 miles beneath the surface.

Gilgo Beach arrest

Police use cadaver dogs to search the thick brush near Gilgo Beach and Oak Beach, in New York, on April 5, 2011.

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On July 13, a 59-year-old New York City architect who lived with his wife and children on Long Island was arrested in the mysterious Gilgo Beach murders that had haunted New York for over a decade.

Rex Heuermann was charged with the murders of three sex workers, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Costello, whose bodies were found on Long Island in 2010. He has pleaded not guilty.

MORE: Gilgo Beach murders: A timeline of the investigation

Heuermann’s DNA allegedly linked him to the crimes, prosecutors said.

Heuermann allegedly used a burner phone "to conduct thousands of searches related to sex workers, sadistic, torture-related pornography and child pornography," court records said.

Other searches were "related to active and known serial killers," and the disappearances of the Gilgo Beach victims. One search, according to court records, was, "Why hasn't the Long Island serial killer been caught."

Heuermann is also the prime suspect in the death of a fourth woman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who vanished in 2007, though he has not been charged in that case.

Maui wildfires

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A large portion of West Maui, Hawaii, was obliterated when wildfires ignited on Aug. 8, killing nearly 100 people.

Factors such as high winds, a landscape parched by drought and fire hydrants that ran dry exacerbated the quick spread of the wildfires and the inability of firefighters to put them out.

MORE: The emotional toll of clearing debris from the Maui wildfires 2 months later

Lahaina, the island’s historic district and the location of the former Kingdom of Hawaii, was at the center of the destruction. The town's historic banyan tree was singed in the blaze.

Displaced West Maui residents are still living in hotels elsewhere on the island -- in many instances adjacent to paying guests.

MORE: Environmental impacts of Maui wildfires will last for years to come, experts say

The environmental cleanup and rebuilding process on Maui will take years, experts told ABC News.

A battle over water rights is also brewing as Native Hawaiians fight to protect their ancestral lands.

Convicted murderer escapes from Pennsylvania prison

Danelo Cavalcante is taken into custody, on Sept. 13, 2023.

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On Aug. 31, convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante escaped from a Pennsylvania prison, leading authorities on a massive two-week manhunt until he was captured.

Cavalcante broke out of the Chester County Prison just days after being sentenced to life without parole in the fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriend.

MORE: Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante nabbed, and how a dog named Yoda helped collar him

Cavalcante escaped by first scaling a wall in an exercise yard to gain access to the roof, according to a criminal complaint obtained by ABC News. He then pushed his way through razor wire, ran across the prison roof, scaled more razor wire and jumped down to a less secure area to make his getaway, officials said.

Hundreds of officers joined the manhunt, during which Cavalcante was spotted multiple times.

Cavalcante allegedly stole a gun from a home while he was on the run.

MORE: Danelo Cavalcante, murderer who escaped Pennsylvania prison for weeks, facing a dozen new charges

On Sept. 13, Cavalcante was captured in South Coventry Township, about 30 miles from Chester County Prison.

Cavalcante is facing new charges in connection with the escape.

Maine mass shooting

Police respond to an active shooter situation in Lewiston, Maine, on Oct. 25, 2023.

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Eighteen people were killed and 13 others were injured in a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, on Oct. 25. The shootings unfolded in two locations: a bowling alley where a children's league was taking place and a local bar.

In the wake of the massacre, grieving and shocked residents of Lewiston and neighboring towns were forced to shelter inside as authorities launched a massive manhunt for the suspect, Robert Card.

Card evaded capture for two days before he was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Oct. 27.

MORE: Alleged Maine gunman threatened he might 'snap' 6 days before shootings: Police records

Card, a 40-year-old Army Reservist who had no combat deployments, had a well-documented series of warning signs that his psychological state was on a sharp decline in the months leading up to the shootings.

His immediate family members raised concerns to police in May that Card had begun to exhibit paranoid delusions and claimed people were saying "derogatory" things about him while out in public and that he was growing increasingly "angry and paranoid" through the spring.

MORE: Alleged Maine mass shooter's brain being studied for CTE linked to military service

Card was institutionalized for two weeks in July for psychological treatment and evaluation during a stay at West Point in New York, after it became clear to his fellow soldiers that his mental state was deteriorating. He was released after 14 days. The Army said it then directed Card’s commander that he "should not have a weapon, handle ammunition, and not participate in live fire activity."

In mid-September, Card's training supervisor wrote a worried letter to local law enforcement requesting a welfare check on Card, who he refers to as one of his senior firearms instructors, noting that Card had been "hearing voices" and it had "only gotten worse."

ABC News’ Sasha Pezenik, Julia Jacobo and Max Zahn contributed to this report.

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Buffalo Bills Safety Damar Hamlin Returns to Cincinnati, 10 Months After Collapse

Cincinnati, OH – November 6, 2023 In an inspiring and emotional turn of events, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has made a triumphant return to Cincinnati, the city where he suffered a life-threatening collapse just ten months ago. Hamlin, who had been in a medically induced coma for several weeks following the incident, defied the odds and is now back on his feet, ready to pursue his passion…

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No Fly Zone

August 28th, 2023 ~ 10:50pm

Welcome to the No Fly Zone! Here to take a week by week look at the 2023 NFL season one yard at a time. The preseason has just wrapped up as of yesterday, and we are just over a week away from the kickoff into the regular season. Today we will be covering a few topics, starting with some of the most emotional comebacks in sports. As many around the sports world are aware, Damar Hamlin, who just 8 months ago suffered cardiac arrest in the middle of a game, was cleared to play this upcoming season and just finished playing through the preseason. Damar's collapse on live television is one of the most gut-wrenching situations that I've ever seen. Everyone, in the sports world, have sent Damar their love, and it is so exciting to see him play again. I could not be happier for him. However, less people are probably aware of the incredible journey of Brian Robinson Jr. Last year, before the season had even started, Robinson was shot multiple times in the hip and knee in an attempted robbery. Robinson not only fought for his life, but he fought his way back onto the field after just a few months. Robinson recently reflected on the shooting saying, "I knew I was lucky to be alive." and "I'm a warrior." I could not agree more with him. He is a warrior. I wish both of these guys the best of luck as the season approaches. Much love to Damar and Brian! That's all for now everyone, stay tuned.

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[ad_1] An American football star has returned to competitive action in a "remarkable" comeback seven months after suffering a cardiac arrest during a game.Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin said playing again "was fun, super fun" and a "great experience" following his team's 23-19 win over the Indianapolis Colts in a pre-season clash in New York state on Saturday. The 25-year-old collapsed on 2 January moments after making a tackle on Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins. Image: (L-R) Hamlin collapsed after tackling Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins in January. Pic: Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports Hamlin had managed to get to his feet and appeared to adjust his helmet, but then tumbled backwards and lay motionless.In front of stunned players and a packed crowd, he was then given CPR on the pitch as millions watched on TV. Hamlin was then taken to hospital in a critical condition and placed in intensive care before being discharged nine days later in what was seen as a remarkable recovery.During Saturday's game at the Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, he made three tackles and said he had no reservations on the field. Twitter This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Twitter cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies. To view this content you can use the button below to allow Twitter cookies for this session only. Enable Cookies Allow Cookies Once He told reporters: "It was a great experience, you know what I'm saying? Just another milestone and the step of getting back to myself in the football space and the NFL.""When you step in between them lines, you are putting yourself at risk by hesitating and by reserving yourself. "I made the choice that I wanted to play. It wasn't anybody else's choice but mine. So making that choice, I know what comes with it." Image: Hamlin at the Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park on Saturday 'No hesitation'He added: "When you see my cleats laced up and my helmet and shoulder pads on, there ain't going to be no hesitation. You can't play this game like that." Twitter This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Twitter cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies. To view this content you can use the button below to allow Twitter cookies for this session only. Enable Cookies Allow Cookies Once Read more:Doctors 'ecstatic' about recovery of NFL starHamlin's career far from over, says doctorBefore Saturday's game, the NFL posted on social media saying "Welcome back, @HamlinIsland" along with a video that showed Hamlin arriving at the team's stadium and making a heart-shaped gesture with his hands."What we just witnessed is remarkable, it really is," said Bills head coach Sean McDermott. "It's a true sign of a young man's courage and obviously everyone that helped him get to this point." [ad_2]

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Introduction Damar Hamlin is a security for the Buffalo Bills of the Nationwide Soccer League (NFL). The Bills drafted him within the sixth spherical of the 2021 NFL Draft. Hamlin performed school soccer at the College of Pittsburgh. Hamlin's College Career Hamlin was a four-year starter at security for the Pittsburgh Panthers. He was a two-time All-Large East choice and was named to the All-American third crew in 2020. Hamlin was recognized for his hard-hitting fashion and his capacity to make superior performances. Hamlin's NFL Career Hamlin had a direct influence in his rookie season with the Bills. He began 14 video games and led the crew with 100 tackles. Hamlin additionally had two interceptions and two compelled fumbles. Hamlin's Cardiac Arrest On January 2, 2023, Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest throughout a sport against the Cincinnati Bengals. He collapsed on the sphere and was taken to the hospital, where he was in a medically induced coma. Hamlin spent several days in the hospital. However, he finally made a complete restoration. Hamlin's Recovery Hamlin's restoration from his cardiac arrest was nothing in need of miraculous. He was able to return to the soccer area just nine months after the incident. Hamlin's story is an inspiration to anybody who has ever confronted adversity. Hamlin's Return to Football Hamlin's return to soccer was met with nice fanfare. He was greeted with a standing ovation by Bill's followers when he took the sphere for the primary time since his cardiac arrest. Hamlin went on to have a strong season in 2023, beginning all 17 video games and recording 85 tackles. Hamlin's Impact on the Buffalo Bills Hamlin has dramatically influenced the Buffalo Bills since he was drafted in 2021. He's a hard-hitting security known for his capacity to produce superior performances. Hamlin can also be a frontrunner on the Bill's protection. He's a vocal chief who's at all times encouraging his teammates. Hamlin is a worthwhile asset to the Bills and a key member of their protection. Hamlin's Future with the Bills Hamlin is underneath contracted with the Bills using the 2025 season. He's a younger participant who remains to be growing. Hamlin has the potential to be a star in the NFL. He's a participant who the Bills can construct their protection round. Conclusion Damar Hamlin is a rising star within the NFL. He's a hard-hitting security known for his capacity to make superior performances. Hamlin can also be a frontrunner on the Bill's protection. He's a vocal chief who's at all times encouraging his teammates. Hamlin is a worthwhile asset to the Bills and a key member of their protection. Hamlin's future is vibrant, and he's a participant who the Bills can construct their protection round. What was the cause of Hamlin's cardiac arrest? Hamlin's cardiac arrest was brought on by a situation referred to as commotio cordis. This can be an uncommon situation that may trigger cardiac arrest when an individual receives direct pressure to the chest. In Hamlin's case, he was tackled throughout a soccer sport and suffered a blow to the chest that brought about his coronary heart to cease. How did Hamlin recover from his cardiac arrest? Hamlin's restoration from his cardiac arrest was nothing in need of miraculous. He was positioned in a medically induced coma for several days. However, he finally awakened and made a complete restoration. Hamlin credit his fast restoration to the rapid motion of the medical employees at the stadium and the College of Cincinnati Medical Middle. What impact has Hamlin had on the Buffalo Bills? Hamlin has dramatically influenced the Buffalo Bills since he was drafted in 2021. He's a hard-hitting security known for his capacity to make superior performances. Hamlin can also be a frontrunner on the Bill's protection. He's a vocal chief who's at all times encouraging his teammates. Hamlin is a worthwhile asset to the Bills and a key member of their protection.

What's Hamlin's future with the Bills? Hamlin is underneath contracted with the Bills using the 2025 season. He's a younger participant who remains to be growing. Hamlin has the potential to be a star in the NFL. He's a participant who the Bills can construct their protection round. What are Hamlin's goals for the future? Hamlin's targets for the long run are to proceed to play soccer at an excessive stage and to assist the Bills in winning a Tremendous Bowl. He additionally needs to make use of his platform to boost consciousness of commotion cordis and to help different younger athletes who've been affected by this situation. I hope this solution your questions. #SportyConnect

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Giving Good News

An inescapable truth is that you cannot escape the news. Someone is going to tell you something new you didn't know, highlight some facts, or gossip around you. The issue is, in the world in which we live the news is deafening toward the good things that do happen.

Which inspired this post on this beautiful Thursday. There is a plethora of good news walking the earth, yet so many people find themselves eager to spread bad news. As the saying goes, "Bad news sure travels fast."

Today, this post is designed to encourage you on how to give good news.

1. Give good news aside from bad news.

Recently, it has dawned on me how swift people are to give bad news the moment they speak good news. The receiver of good news, sadly, only has about six seconds (in my opinion) to receive and react cheerfully to good news before bad news follows.

It ceases to amaze me how people will pile bad news on top of bad news. But when it comes to good news, they give you one piece of good news then pile bad news onto until you've forgotten the good news.

Stop doing that, allow people to enjoy the moment of bliss. Allow people to even walk away from your presence with good news.

2. Stop downplaying good news.

"All you hear is bad news," to some variation has been said to each of us. (If not to you, continue living.)

This too, ought not to be so, when people never say, "All you hear is good news." Over the last few months maybe a year or so, I have heard so many people declare that all you hear is bad news, even when all they got is one bad news after a dozen good news.

Listen, don't downplay good news. It exists. I mean just look back to the beginning of the year when Damar Hamlin, an NFL football safety collapsed on the field, and people were praying on his behalf immediately. That moment showed so much goodness from God's character and His grace to faithful believers praying in agreeance, to selflessness, to Jesus being a healing Savior!

You see? Though unintentional that's what it means to pile good news on top of good news. If you're looking for some good news to celebrate open your eyes and heart and mind to Jesus.

3. Dont be a bad news hoarder.

Some people in this life hoard bad news. A bad news hoarder is a person who seeks, reads, and watches bad news daily at multiple times throughout the day. This is a person who wakes up looking for bad news.

Don't be a person who is attracted to or attractive to bad news. Yes, I am aware we can't escape bad needs because sometimes bad things will happen. However, this should not encourage anyone to go about seeking bad news. Be a good news hoarder. Have a good news story handy and share it graciously.

4. Last, cushion bad news with good news.

It cannot ever be enough good news. On this tip, it truly is important to know the right moment, but make sure to share good news after bad news instead of vice versa.

Overall, be reminded that people have enough to deal with. Both individually and collectively. Don't be the reason a person's day gets worse because you wake and fall asleep seeking bad news. Learn to have a healthy balance. Sometimes there will be a need to tell bad news but don't let bad news consume you into being a bad news hoarder who believes in ruining others' day.

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NCAA & NFL: Black Bodies In Pain Is An Orgiastic Religious Experience

Black bodies — specifically and in particular, Black men — in pain is a literal religious orgasmic experience for white people.

It’s religious ecstasy and porn all wrapped up into one.

Don’t believe me?

Have you already forgotten how many times Damar Hamlin’s literal death was replayed in slow motion by mainstream media news outlets across the country long before it was clear whether he would recover or remain comatose for the rest of his life?

Have you already moved on from that because it wasn’t even last season — an eternity ago by football standards — but was actually the season before last and you’re already counting down to the return of the Big 10 on Saturday night for college football at the end of the month and Chiefs vs Ravens next month to kick off the NFL season next month?

You know who hasn’t forgotten?

Damar Hamlin’s mother.

And me, a Black woman, who was appalled by just how many times the clip of Damar Hamlin literally collapsing backwards and dying in front of our eyes was replayed in slow motion again and again on MSNBC, on CNN, on Fox News, when the young man was still in a coma fighting for his life.

But you – the mostly white viewers – and you do make up over 70% of the NFL and NCAA Big 10 viewing audience have definitely already moved on.

Just another dead Black man.

Just another Michael Brown, George Floyd, Ahmad Arbery, Philando Castile.

Next!

But do you need more evidence, more proof, that Black men in pain isn’t just a national pastime for the good old US of A dating back to slavery but that, more than just entertainment, it is a literal religious experience and an orgasmic porntastic viewing experience?

Let’s start with the exploited mostly Black college students who — while they receive scholarships which by the way can be revoked at any time for any reason by their mostly white coaches — can finally be paid directly by their schools in certain conferences like the Big 10 and can finally monetize their NIL (name, image & likeness) still do not have health insurance provided to them by the universities they are pulverizing their bodies and brains and minds for.

Football is a sport with a 100% injury rate — unlike baseball, basketball & soccer, it’s not if you will be injured playing football, it’s when.

Yet these young mostly Black men are uninsured by the universities & colleges that they make literal billions of dollars for while they break their bodies & minds for them.

Paralyzed on kickoff? Unless you can crowdfund the money, that’s your ass.

And even if you do manage to crowdfund the money – will it really be enough to support a paraplegic young man for the rest of his life?

If he is larger and was a lineman, let’s say, how does that work out if he is paralyzed from the neck down?

How do his parents, many of whom are impoverished themselves and uninsured, afford to outfit their homes to accustom their newly paralyzed son who they may be physically unable to lift up themselves especially if the "parents" are actually a single mother as is often the case?

Do you give a damn as you watch these mostly Black men break their bodies and minds for you?

Ofcourse not, it’s all about school spirit, cheer, fanaticism, 100k fans screaming as one in unison, faces painted, marching band playing, school song singing, cheerleaders cheering.

And the college players who are paralyzed, who suffer catastrophic injuries, who die during often inhumane and completely unsafe training camps – which happens every single season – is nothing but collateral damage for you while you tailgate in your university’s parking lot and cheer on your alma mater.

As long as it’s someone else’s Black son – right?

Quotes

"Haslerig and colleagues found that overall, the footage revealed callousness toward Black players' pain and disregard for their future health, as evidenced by the constant replays of how they were injured, the camera lingering on Black players clearly in pain (or utterly immobile), the glossing over of serious concussive injuries, and assertions of their disposability."

•Article: Invincible bodies: American sport media’s racialization of Black and white college football players.

Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1012690218809317

"The sports media complex consistently portrays and frames Black men in a way that encourages viewers to neglect their innate humanity while partaking in the voyeuristic enjoyment of their pain and hardship (Haslerig, Vue, and Grummert 2020)."

•Article: Invincible bodies: American sport media’s racialization of Black and white college football players.

Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1012690218809317

6% of the US population is Black men.

Nearly 50% of NCAA Division I college football players are Black.

Did you catch that?

Black men are only six percent of the US population but they make up nearly 50% of NCAA Division I college football players.

Modern day slavery.

86% of NCAA Division I highly paid millionaire coaches are white.

86% of collegiate athletes live below the federal poverty line -- 86%!

Modern day plantation.

All of these Black athletes with no health insurance risk their bodies and minds for predominantly white institutions, coaches and fans with only a .03% chance of making it to the NFL.

These mostly Black players receive college scholarships which can be taken away by their mostly white coaches for any reason including injury and underperformance — that's not an opportunity, that's exploitation.

Since the players are not offered health insurance through their schools or the NCAA, if they suffer a catastrophic injury, they are forced to pay out of pocket as many Black players are from impoverished backgrounds and are not covered under their parents health insurance plans as many of their parents lack jobs that provide health insurance.

Keep in mind that similarly to the NFL, the vast majority of the viewing audience is white (over 75%).

The author of the below NYT article about Michigan football being the "best cult ever" is also white.

"I Was Transformed by the Best Cult Ever: Michigan Football”: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/31/opinion/michigan-football-rose-bowl.html

Article Excerpt

"I went to Ann Arbor, Mich., for a journalism fellowship because I was stuck in life. An outside observer might say I was depressed, unhappy and a little too obsessed with my dog. I felt isolated and lonely — part of the psychological epidemic that followed the pandemic.

But I never wrote or cared about football. It wasn’t the violence. Football just wasn’t part of my culture growing up.

But what followed changed my life. I was transformed by Michigan football. My mental health shifted; I was happy for the first time in a long time.

And it wasn’t just about football. It felt bigger than that, as if joining a massive crowd is novel and embarrassingly spiritual. We were in it together.

For my first game, Ann Arbor radiated maize and blue. I stopped at a tailgate with friends. You could see the bricks of the Big House — officially, Michigan Stadium — from their corner and hear the pregame hysteria. Strangers offered me squares of shortbread (each with a letter from “Michigan”), sandwiches, chips, beer, White Claw.

I was still skeptical when I entered the Big House, but it was stunning. Something — some kind of mystical energy that can come only from 110,000 people chanting in unison — washed over me. I stood on the bleachers and yelled and cheered and mumbled the fight song (I didn’t know the words yet). I worried that the students pounding Fireballs would tip over and turn into human dominoes.

The place was so packed but so purpose driven that everyone held one another up, caring when caring was needed. They pointed out when phones fell, or someone needed hydration, or an escort out.

In the Big House (the third-biggest stadium in the world), I felt delirious joy, meditative peace, a sense of comfort.

For seven home games, I understood more about why I gravitated to the stadium. Something clicked. My mood, upon entering, changed immediately. I was swept up in frenetic joy. It was as if we, the fans, were a superorganism."

And who pays the price for the mostly white fans' near religious experience at these college football games?

The mostly Black players sustaining & incurring permanent brain damage & debilitating physical injuries without health insurance with scholarships that can be taken away at any time for any reason by mostly white coaches.

Article Excerpt

"I tailgated in 19-degree frost; screamed for Victor, the Frisbee-catching dog; chanted “Hail to the Victors” with the band; sang “Mr. Brightside” as loud as possible, a cappella, in unison; shared small bottles of tequila with people I’d never met.

One surprising reality of the Big House magic is that there are so many people in one place that cell phones don’t work: The infrastructure can’t handle the density of users. There is no way to experience the two to three hours together except by paying attention and participating. There is no way to get lost in a horrifying social media feed or internet rabbit hole."

Mostly Black men exacting violence upon one another is white America's catharsis and great escape, their weekly religious experience, their vicarious adrenaline rush, their escape from reality & their mundane existence, at the expense of mostly Black men's minds & bodies both at the amateur unprofessional NCAA level and ofcourse in the pros at the NFL level where Sunday, which previously belonged to God and the church, now belongs to Black men breaking each others’ bodies and scrambling each others’ brains for a mostly white audience’s enjoyment.

Article Excerpt

"Through football, my mental health shifted; I was happy for the first time in a long time. I found strangers who became friends, long-lost friends (die-hard Michigan fans) who re-emerged in my life, relatives and colleagues who were alumni cheering on my cheering from afar.

I found myself joining the best cult ever: Michigan football.

It has helped that we’re undefeated (notice how I use “we” now) and favored to win the national championship (starting with a College Football Playoff semifinal, the Rose Bowl, on New Year’s Day).

Going to the games has allowed for release and purpose. Since Covid, I’m not alone in realizing how starved I was for this deep feeling. I entered a communal space with tens of thousands of fellow travelers who shared in the same experience, who had the same goals — to cheer, to win, to celebrate a team and a tradition and to experience a collective sense of belonging.

In 2021 the Stanford literature professor Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht wrote a book about crowds and stadiums as a ritual of intensity. He covered the idea that crowds can open humans up to experiences beyond ourselves.

Since Covid, these gatherings are more pronounced. I realize escape is a privilege, but for me the season pass was cheaper than one session of therapy."

Mostly Black men's pain & physical agony — there is not one college football game, not one, that passes by without at least one serious injury to mostly black players — is a religious experience, orgiastic joy and literal therapy for mostly white fans.

Article Excerpt

"Somehow, I have evolved from a person with no relationship to football to a devoted fan who now spends her free time watching Jim Harbaugh news conferences and reading GoBlue blogs.

I stormed the field after the win over Ohio State — our last home game — and woke up with a sprained toe, four bruises, no ability to talk because I had been screaming, a sunburn (it was 19 degrees that morning, so who knows how that happened?) and a spiritual awakening.

I was transported to a different level of being: elation.

My newfound obsession is not without reservations and questions. The players should be paid. A lot. What does it mean to have 22 players on the field, brains still developing, risking life and limb for the entertainment of 100,000 people in person and millions more on TV?

I don’t know, but it’s probably bad.”

But the mostly Black players aren’t “paid a lot" to pulverize their bodies and batter their brains for their mostly white fans' enjoyment.

The author of the article claims to “not know” “what it means” that players who have “brains still developing, risking life and limb for the entertainment of 100,000 people in person and millions more on TV” and whether it is good or bad but even she concedes it’s “probably bad”.

The reality is, the author does know and there is no "probably bad” about it but the white female author and the rest of the majority white audience don’t want their religious, orgasmic, spiritual, cathartic, vicarious, ritualistic football experience at the cost of mostly Black men breaking each other for their entertainment interrupted or diminished in any way, shape or form.

So, she and the millions of other fans — and this also extends to NFL fans as well — pretend they “don’t know” if it’s “bad” that mostly Black men batter their brains and pulverize their bodies for their entertainment.

Article Excerpt

"Still, after the epic victory over Ohio State, I felt I might die without football. I could sense my devotion waning and needed that wild, frenzied collective love. I don’t want this season to end."

A mostly white audience feels, as this white female Michigan fan fervently notates, that they "might die" if the religious experience of mostly Black male bodies writhing in 4K slow motion pain and physical agony is ever taken away from them.

That's what football is when you strip away the pageantry and the spectacle.

All you're left with is the voyueristic violence.

That is why grotesque, devastating, debilitating injuries to mostly Black men are replayed ad nauseam to a mostly white viewing audience.

It’s why the injuries are replayed in slow motion.

It's not about showing the viewer what happened — you could do that without replaying it in slow motion.

Black men in physical agony is an art to a mostly white audience — it is a viewing experience that needs to be slowed down, savored and enjoyed.

If not, then why are injury replays not just in slow motion but also replayed multiple times over and over and over again?

That's not about informing a viewer about how an injury went down — it's about giving a mostly white audience a voyeuristic thrill of seeing magnificent Black male specimens in slow motion physical pain and agony.

It's porn.

Article Excerpt

"I realized two things after our last victory: I am a Michigan football fan for life, and Coach Harbaugh gloriously has resting wolverine face.

When Michigan plays Alabama in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., I will be at the alumni tailgate at 10 a.m., I will sit in the Michigan section, and I will scream for our quarterback J.J. McCarthy and running back Blake Corum. The Rose Bowl is not the Big House; no place is the Big House.

But I want to be there. Scratch that. I need to be there to watch Michigan win — and to share that feeling with my fellow true believers."

"My fellow true believers"?

If that's not a cult, what is?

So, that’s the NCAA – what about the NFL?

The same orgiastic consumption of slow motion video replays of Black male bodies in pain applies to the NFL to its’ similarly mostly white — over 75% — viewing audience.

Quotes

•“Please stop. Whether it is police shooting Black men, or something like this, media outlets treat Black suffering like porn. Just stop,” Dr. Stacey Patton, a journalist and research associate professor at the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University, tweeted about MSNBC’s coverage of Damar Hamlin.

•Link: Dr. Stacey Patton's Twitter account

•"We see this all the time, which is why Black players beating the hell out of each other each week isn’t hard for viewers to stomach. And that’s why it will be business as usual when this weekend’s slate of NFL games gets here. Black pain and death are the foundation of this country; Black trauma is just a day that ends in -y."

•Link: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://andscape.com/features/the-racial-makeup-of-the-nfl-is-why-the-games-go-on/&ved=2ahUKEwjf3r6SqPmFAxV2kIkEHTpDCLYQFnoECB0QAQ&usg=AOvVaw0Qo5IaSy-COhSFlA0nUgxd

NFL violence inflicted by mostly Black men against mostly Black men isn't like porn to its overwhelmingly white male audience — it is porn.

As a reminder, only 6% of the US population is Black male, however over 70% of the NFL is Black and the positions with the most collisions & concussions – linemen, linebacker & running back – are dominated by Black men and the positions with the fewest collisions & concussions – quarterback & kicker – are dominated by white men.

White men especially get off on seeing Black bodies in pain & physical agony.

Davante Adams, in a game during the 2021 season when he was still playing for the Green Bay Packers, took an extremely hard hit where his helmet partially came off and his mouthguard popped out.

The camera literally zoomed in all the way into his facemask to focus on his eyes rolling to the back of his head.

It was one of the singularly most sickening, disgusting, dehumanizing & absolutely nauseating injury replays I have ever seen in the NFL and I had been watching football at that point every Sunday with my husband for well over a decade.

It was so exploitative for the cameras to zoom in on the exact moment when Davante was most vulnerable and actually temporarily losing consciousness.

That’s not about replaying the injury so the viewer can see what happened and how the player got hurt.

That is nothing but mostly white cameramen at the game and white male viewers at home getting off to slow motion video and images replayed over and over again, complete with sickening zoom-ins, of Black men in pain and agony, vulnerable and losing consciousness, completely defenseless, their suffering being broadcast in zoomed in living color to millions of mostly white male homes to get off on mostly Black men suffering in slow motion in physical agony.

The more replays, the more slow motion, the more zoomed in, the more the camera almost lovingly lingers and gazes on Black men twisting, twisted, screaming, seizing, convulsing, crying in physical agony, anguish, fear, dread, the more their eyes roll to the backs of their head, the more they temporarily black out and lose consciousness, the more they drop to the turf in 4k 1080p slow motion after a devastating hit, the more they are crunched, the more they are popped, the more their helmets chin straps and mouthguards pop off, the more they bleed, the more they suffer, the more they lie there immobilized on the field seriously hurt and injured while the camera hungrily zooms in for more, the white male gaze at Black suffering never satisfied never satiated always thirsting for more Black pain it can feast itself on, the more defenseless helpless vulnerable and immobile the Black players are, the longer they lie still without moving, the more they twitch in absolute utter uncontrollable convulsive agony, the longer they remain face down motionless on the turf, the more times the mostly white male audience can watch the mostly Black players being bent backwards, bent in half, their Black male bodies turning and twisting in ways and angles the human body was never meant to twist, the more violence you can stuff into this live snuff film being broadcast to millions of mostly white male viewers, the more they get off.

Still don’t believe me?

Search Corwin Brown absolutely demolishing Keyshawn Johnson in a 1991 game.

Literally, go to youtube and type in “Corwin Brown Keyshawn Johnson hit” and to this day, over thirty years later the video will instantaneously come up.

Look at the comments on youtube.

Now, go to google and enter “Corwin Brown Keyshawn Johnson hit reddit”.

Click on the reddit links that come up and read those comments as well.

What did you see in the comments?

As you’ve probably put together, this hit is one half of the picture that starts my article.

The other half is from the Michigan fan’s NYT article as it is what she used as the distillation of her Wolverine pride and fanaticism.

So, now that you hopefully read the comments on youtube and reddit, let’s talk about the hit.

Keyshawn is clearly knocked out cold temporarily from the hit but he eventually gets up and, being that this was 1991, immediately resumes playing.

The announcers never question if Keyshawn is okay although they and the viewers have just clearly witnessed Keyshawn literally temporarily lose consciousness.

The announcers never express concern about Keyshawn suffering an extremely obvious concussion to the point where he was temporarily knocked out on the field.

Now, let’s talk about the comments on youtube and reddit regarding the hit on Keyshawn by Corwin — Black on Black male violence, white America’s absolute fave.

The comments on youtube and reddit are universally celebrating the hit because Keyshawn Johnson was a very confident, cocky, young Black player who was very gifted and always had a huge smile on his face.

Perhaps a bit of bad timing, but prior to the game where he suffered this extremely egregious hit, the network showed a clip of Keyshawn saying the harder he gets hit, the bigger he smiles.

Many comments on youtube and reddit snarkily asked regarding the hit and Keyshawn being temporarily knocked out, "Where's the smile?" and you can just hear them adding the word "nigger".

They don’t have to type it out loud.

It’s clear as day in their utter hatred and contempt of Keyshawn.

The hit occurred in 1991.

As memorable as I’m sure it was at the time given how devastating it was, what does it say about mostly if not damn near 99.9% white men searching the hit up online almost 30 years later to relive the memory, to relish the hit, to savor Keyshawn absorbing a horrific blow and full-on collision that temporarily caused him to lose consciousness and be knocked out on the field?

"Learned that nigger right."

"That'll teach him to smile."

There was nothing “good-natured” about the hundreds of comments on both youtube and reddit.

They were hateful, racist, derogatory, violent, celebratory, unhinged, vitriolic, exaggerated and hyperbolic.

All that was missing was a “sons of bitches” and they could have been written by Trump.

Comment after comment on both youtube and reddit stated that it "served Keyshawn right".

Are Black NFL star wide receivers not allowed to be cocky and confident?

Are they not allowed to have a bright, million dollar, full-wattage, flashy smile?

Does the overwhelmingly white male audience only accept that from the white party bois, the Gronkowskis and Kelces, while celebrating concussive hits that leave similarly outgoing Black players like Keyshawn Johnson temporarily unconscious?

Some comments stated that Keyshawn "had that smile wiped off that face".

No comments, none, stated that it was hard to watch Keyshawn get knocked out.

Or that they were worried for Keyshawn when they watched the hit live in 1991.

Or that losing consciousness and immediately reentering the game was dangerous given what the public now knows about CTE over thirty years later.

Nope, it's nothing but entertainment for them, a minstrelsy show — Black exploitation at its finest.

There are even comments on reddit going so far to say that they wished that the ESPN Monday Night Football segment "Jacked Up!" had existed back in 1991 so that Keyshawn being obliterated to the point where he temporarily lost consciousness could be properly memorialized by a chorus of, "You got — JACKED UP!" to excitedly celebrate his permanent brain damage.

In fact, a reddit user even said he would edit together Corwin Brown's hit on Keyshawn Johnson with Quandre Diggs' extremely dangerous, illegal and debilitating hit on Antonio Brown into a current day "Jacked Up!" segment for the users of reddit’s viewing pleasure to which the user received dozens of upvotes and comments stating that they couldn't wait to see the hits edited together.

The only thing that beats an NFL snuff film of mostly Black men concussing each other and giving each other permanent brain damage for the enjoyment of their mostly white male audience are police brutality videos of which there are so many the same reddit user could edit those together for a "Jacked Up! Police Brutality" segment and start with the greatest "hits" like George Floyd and Philando Castile.

After all, Floyd and Castile, just like Keyshawn and Brown got "jacked up!".

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