Dead Thread 2021 -- If you're reading this, it isn't you.

[Ralph Baer]

Sam Jones (Celtics)

[Spartanforlife4]

was that emptywheel? She's usually pretty good as a follow, a complete hot mess on this topic.

Especially when people showed plenty of clips of madden in 1993 (93!!!!!!!!) saying football players should be taken out of the game if they have a concussion. He knew how bad they were back then and the game introduced concussion protocols into it to make sure people were aware of the impacts and risks. Even without all of that, it's an argument to be made another day.

Yeah, that was her.

I think the NFL made them take out helmets coming off sometime after 2002. Of course, they added the truck stick a few years later, which definitely promoted concussion inducing hits. But then I was just reading that it’s been ten years since Madden made it so players with concussions are done for the game. It’s not like he threw his name on NFL Blitz.

[dxmnkd316]

Between that and the woman who blamed his video game on the rise of CTE, I am extremely impressed not just at the ability to find something to demean the man, but the stretch that needed to happen to do it.

Now that guy just tweeted about how America isn’t ready for “Critical Sports Studies” and I would like to think it’s a troll at this point, but pretty sure he’s serious.

was that emptywheel? She's usually pretty good as a follow, a complete hot mess on this topic.

Especially when people showed plenty of clips of madden in 1993 (93!!!!!!!!) saying football players should be taken out of the game if they have a concussion. He knew how bad they were back then and the game introduced concussion protocols into it to make sure people were aware of the impacts and risks. Even without all of that, it's an argument to be made another day.

[Spartanforlife4]

Also, this was SPECTACULAR

https://twitter.com/jacsonbevens/sta...101754880?s=21

Between that and the woman who blamed his video game on the rise of CTE, I am extremely impressed not just at the ability to find something to demean the man, but the stretch that needed to happen to do it.

Now that guy just tweeted about how America isn’t ready for “Critical Sports Studies” and I would like to think it’s a troll at this point, but pretty sure he’s serious.

[Kepler]

If you were over 75 and died of natural causes, then your death is not "unexpected".

Only 3% likelihood. Unexpected.

[Kepler]

Sad, about four days ago I thought of him out of the blue and thought he was already dead. I must have been thinking of summerall

Or you murdered him.

That's how Dr. Mrs. murdered Mother Theresa. Claimed she had been dead for years, sat down to look it up. Somebody flipped on the tv while she was looking it up and the news report said "Mother Theresa has died."

Mother Theresa was such an as-shole.

So, now you've gone and killed Madden. Hope you're proud of yourself.

[dxmnkd316]

Also, this was SPECTACULAR

https://twitter.com/jacsonbevens/sta...101754880?s=21

[dxmnkd316]

John Madden, 85

Sad, about four days ago I thought of him out of the blue and thought he was already dead. I must have been thinking of summerall

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

If you were over 75 and died of natural causes, then your death is not "unexpected".

[mookie1995]

Harry Reid, 82

As to Madden, the reports say "unexpectedly".

as much as it could be for an 85 yo

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Harry was stylin

https://twitter.com/pkcapitol/status...479161347?s=21

[joecct]

Harry Reid, 82

As to Madden, the reports say "unexpectedly".

[French Rage]

John Madden, 85

Was he sick? They had that documentary on him last week they kept plugging, I'm wondering if they knew or it's just coincidence?

[joecct]

John Madden, 85

[Kepler]

Irony.