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    Congress Gets Involved In Concussion Debate, Fails To Solve Everything

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    Image of Juancho Juancho
    10/28/09

    In reply to Congress Gets Involved In Concussion Debate, Fails To Solve Everything
    There was supposedly an excellent article on this in GQ last month, but I never made it past the Olivia Wilde pictures. #nfldementia
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    Image of That-Dude That-Dude
    10/28/09

    @Juancho: Please read that article. . . Game Brain. #nfldementia
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    10/29/09

    @That-Dude: , Derian Hatcher's:

    It was a joke, of course I read it. Ms. Laskas never fails to disappoint in quality, just like the NFL is dickitude. #nfldementia
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Congress Gets Involved In Concussion Debate, Fails To Solve Everything
    Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the top Republican on the panel, said that while Congress can highlight the consequences of playing football, "the NFL does not need Congress to referee this issue."

    "Football, like soccer, rugby and even basketball and baseball, involves contact that can produce injuries," Smith said. "We cannot legislate the elimination of injuries from the games without eliminating the games themselves."

    + 1 Lamar #nfldementia
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    10/28/09

    @Phintastic: No you can't, but you can legislate normalized standards of care . . . simple things like if you are still showing the effects of a concussion 5 days after the incident, it may be good idea to sit next week's game out. #nfldementia
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    10/28/09

    @Phintastic: Those clowns in Congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns. #nfldementia
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    Image of Steve U Steve U
    10/28/09

    In reply to Congress Gets Involved In Concussion Debate, Fails To Solve Everything
    Yet, when the question was put to him directly, Goodell refused to admit

    "Amateurs."

    - Tomás de Torquemada #nfldementia
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    Image of Weed Against Speed Weed Against Speed
    10/28/09

    In reply to Congress Gets Involved In Concussion Debate, Fails To Solve Everything
    Random Congressman: You mean you cleared players to participate in the game at the behest of your superiors?

    Gay Culverhouse: That's right, counselor.

    Congresswoman Waters: And the head of your league was Roger Goodell.

    Gay Culverhouse: Yeah, counselor, Roger Goodell.

    Congresswoman Waters: Did you ever get such an order directly from Roger Goodell?

    Gay Culverhouse: No, ma'am, I never talked to him.

    Random Congressman: There was always a buffer, someone in between you and who gave you orders.

    Gay Culverhouse: (laughing) Yeah, a buffer, the League had a lot of buffers.
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    Image of MarkKelsosMigraine MarkKelsosMigraine
    10/28/09

    @Weed Against Speed: Jim Zorn (to Dan Snyder): Every time we get up to the line I said a Hail Mary, and every time I said a Hail Mary we got a first down! #nfldementia
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    Image of Pete Gaines Pete Gaines
    10/28/09

    In reply to Congress Gets Involved In Concussion Debate, Fails To Solve Everything
    If there's one member of Congress perfectly qualified to talk about brain damage, it's Maxine Waters. #nfldementia
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    Image of MarkKelsosMigraine MarkKelsosMigraine
    10/28/09

    @Pete Gaines: Michelle Bachman and Charlie Rangel would like a word. #nfldementia
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    Image of roland_t_flakfizer roland_t_flakfizer
    10/28/09

    In reply to Congress Gets Involved In Concussion Debate, Fails To Solve Everything
    NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was called to the national principal's office today..

    Wasn't he a rather young MC? #nfldementia
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    Image of SteveJeltzFan SteveJeltzFan
    10/28/09

    In reply to Congress Gets Involved In Concussion Debate, Fails To Solve Everything
    And when the hearing was over, the senators and NFL representatives placed bets on who could tie their shoes quicker, Robert Byrd or Al Toon. #nfldementia
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Congress Gets Involved In Concussion Debate, Fails To Solve Everything
    Wait. Concussions cause cancer?

    Man, these speed-reading tapes are useless! #nfldementia
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    Image of TT-Zop TT-Zop
    10/28/09

    In reply to Congress Gets Involved In Concussion Debate, Fails To Solve Everything
    Even more damning, however, was the testimony of Gay Culverhouse,

    Bahahahahahahaha #nfldementia
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    Image of Bobby Big Wheel Bobby Big Wheel
    10/28/09

    @TT-Zop: -1 #nfldementia
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    10/28/09

    @TT-Zop: Shut up, Beavis!
    Also, +1 #nfldementia
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    Image of David Hume David Hume
    10/28/09

    In reply to Congress Gets Involved In Concussion Debate, Fails To Solve Everything
    ...explain to senile Congresspeople why football isn't the deadliest game in town.

    The NFL's standing on solid ground, what with Jim Bunning still running the Senate Jarts League.
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    Image of MarkKelsosMigraine MarkKelsosMigraine
    10/28/09

    @David Hume: Awesome. #nfldementia
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