Blissett done with football???

[canesdogo]

It is not retiring and getting out of football.
It is the physical and mental anguish the kid is going through.
In watching his post you could almost feel the pain.
Classy with his advice to to other players, and hope for other things outside of football.
Hope he does fine and we appreciate his efforts as a Cane.
Now get the degree and plan a normal life outside of football. Good luck.

 

[DTP]

There's almost definitely more medical retirements today than there was 10-20-30 years ago. The medical technology and the doctors are much more advanced and can often spot potentially dangerous injuries before they even happen. It wasn't that long ago that a concussion was just "getting your bell rung". Players were often told just to shake it off and keep playing. This was in the 90's too, not some old timey, leather helmet football either.

 

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

So r u suggesting we’re the only one program utilizing said technology v. other schools not experiencing such type of retirements? B/c I have a very, VERY hard time believing that we have this data while other schools r ignoring said data. I think it’s more plausible & realistic that since 2016, we’ve had 4 medical retirements after it was discovered our players could no longer play the game, and it could be some freak coincidence. Although, a former player have already expressed some concern w/ the medical staff here after Richards went down.

Again; this has nothing to do w/ Blissett. It appears he came to this conclusion on his own.

Do you know why Richard had to quit football?

 

[305to954]

“It’s The U all the way … it’s just love”

Tf u got banned?

 

[305to954]

Do you know why Richard had to quit football?

Neck injury i believe. Shannon sharpe bro had the same **** happen

 

[WIN]

We joke a lot on here but stuff like this puts a lot of things these young athletes do into perspective. That video he put on IG was sobering and I'm glad he made the tough decision to think about his long term health over his short term health.

I hope he gets some help and gets his degree. Thank you young man, cane for life.

This is one reason why I never bash the players.

 

[WIN]

Too much dancing??

This is ban worthy!

 

[423Hurricane]

1980s style Riddell helmet:

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The Rawlings "spider-web":

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Here's a more recent Rawlings helmet. One worn by a player for the Oakland Raiders:

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Here is a New Orleans Saints helmet with glued-in cheek/jaw pads:

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Good lord, I remember playing football games with kids who wore that Rawlings helmet, and if they had one that was too loose, it was like watching a bobblehead doll, as that helmet would just bobble around on a kid's head.

I played Football for 6 years at Pembroke Pines Optomist in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Played until I was a Sophomore. Many of us did because the HC at McArthur at the time flat out refused to play underclassman. Best I can recall, the helmets we wore were similar to the Saints example you showed.

I was a RB and S and had my “bell rung” more times than I can count. A lot of us did. We’d just “shake it off” and It was on to the next play. Never lost consciousness but I did knock out a few RB’s in my time. Not bragging. It was just the nature of the beast back then.

It’s been 45 years ago or so and so far - knock on wood - I’ve not had any residual affects from those occurrences. I believe head injuries are like any other ailment - they affect different people in different ways. And no doubt there’s been a lot more attention on head injuries in football, and other sports, in the last decade or so.

 

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

Neck injury i believe. Shannon sharpe bro had the same **** happen

It was a rhetorical question. He had a neck injury from playing, and in his examination/treatment of his neck injury it was discovered he had a congenital issue, I don’t remember exactly, but I believe it was a spinal stenosis. Thereby endangering him for any future play, with serious injury, possibly severe spinal injury.

Point being, the reason for his medical retirement was something that was congenital. Anyway, it was a godsend that he had the injury, which led to the discovery of the issue. That was my understanding of what happened. If anybody has any further contrary information I’d love to hear it.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

It was a rhetorical question. He had a neck injury from playing, and in his examination/treatment of his neck injury it was discovered he had a congenital issue, I don’t remember exactly, but I believe it was a spinal stenosis. Thereby endangering him for any future play, with serious injury, possibly severe spinal injury.

Point being, the reason for his medical retirement was something that was congenital. Anyway, it was a godsend that he had the injury, which led to the discovery of the issue. That was my understanding of what happened. If anybody has any further contrary information I’d love to hear it.

Yes. And this is what I was alluding to earlier.

SOME (not all) of these retirements are due to LIFELONG issues that a player has, but which have gone undiagnosed for 20 years.

It may not be an INJURY that causes these kids to retire, it is often a product of high-end medical attention and diagnosis that spots something which, for the average person, is not career-threatening, but which for a football player IS career-threatening.

 

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

Yes. And this is what I was alluding to earlier.

SOME (not all) of these retirements are due to LIFELONG issues that a player has, but which have gone undiagnosed for 20 years.

It may not be an INJURY that causes these kids to retire, it is often a product of high-end medical attention and diagnosis that spots something which, for the average person, is not career-threatening, but which for a football player IS career-threatening.

You’re wrong. According to the brilliant CIS medical diagnosticians, we are doing something wrong which is causing all these medical retirements. And it only happens at Miami. Medical retirements don’t happen anywhere else. As has been proven in several posts in this thread.

 

[theibisrules]

This is ban worthy!

That middle finger i gave u is more worthy

 

[WIN]

That middle finger i gave u is more worthy

It'll serve you better sitting on it

 

[gogeta4]

I was wondering what's kept him from seeing more action. I always thought he had great athleticism for a big man. Good luck kid

He played a good amount this year and looked solid. Was expecting him to have alot of reps on the 2nd unit this year

 

[Brooklyndee]

fwiw. hes citing head injuries that hes been struggling with

Covid related in all likelihood,he's developed a murmur. Thing kids are seeing pop up more and more now is the same thing the kid from if did where he had covid 5-6 months prior than scar tissue builds up and tears the heart and clogs ventricle. ****ed up world we live in when our own ****** *** government tries to kill off its citizens

 

[hoops156]

Covid related in all likelihood,he's developed a murmur. Thing kids are seeing pop up more and more now is the same thing the kid from if did where he had covid 5-6 months prior than scar tissue builds up and tears the heart and clogs ventricle. ****ed up world we live in when our own ****** *** government tries to kill off its citizens

thanks for the insight. we don't always see eye to eye, but this is good insight. hope he stays healthy and finds success off the field.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Covid related in all likelihood,he's developed a murmur. Thing kids are seeing pop up more and more now is the same thing the kid from if did where he had covid 5-6 months prior than scar tissue builds up and tears the heart and clogs ventricle. ****ed up world we live in when our own ****** *** government tries to kill off its citizens

Be careful. Next thing you know, some porster will complain about TWO Miami players having heart-related issues due to Covid. That same porster will also tell you that he has watched college football for 50 years and has never seen any other team have more than 1 Covid-related heart condition.

 

[hoops156]

Be careful. Next thing you know, some porster will complain about TWO Miami players having heart-related issues due to Covid. That same porster will also tell you that he has watched college football for 50 years and has never seen any other team have more than 1 Covid-related heart condition.

don't forget the deniers

 

[Brooklyndee]

Be careful. Next thing you know, some porster will complain about TWO Miami players having heart-related issues due to Covid. That same porster will also tell you that he has watched college football for 50 years and has never seen any other team have more than 1 Covid-related heart condition.

U guys always poke at him. Not necessary bruh. We all got our ways. He's good people and just gets easily aggregated. I hate to say it but anyone who has experienced our success first hand for multiple years this all makes these years very difficult to endure.

 

[Silver King]

I used to have headaches after almost every high school football practice. (I was not good enough to go any further.) By the time I was 20, I was getting migraines. Suffered with them for most of my adult life. Now, with all the attention on concussions, I wonder now if I had some concussions in high school. That was around 1964. Nobody ever talked about concussions in football. Besides, our helmets were cheap as crap. Probably much better technology now. Nobody cared if you had headaches, just a part of the game.

Back then, the only time you heard of a concussion was in an auto accident.

I got in on the tail end of the suspension helmet era - loose fitting and I got a nice scar across the bridge of my nose to prove how loose. Yeah, you definitely had them. I remember even reading something about ten years after college about concussions in football being far more common than people thought, and many athletes had them and never even knew. Then soccer started making the news as a very high concussion sport in the 90s because of heading the ball.

Some are mild ones, and some leave you absolutely no doubt - I count the ones that I knew for sure. The worst one I mentioned happened in a Bowl game my soph season, so it was at the end of the season. I couldn't study for crap for finals and even the first month or so after winter break. I just couldn't focus and reading gave me a headache. But alas, "C's get degrees."