OT: WVU QB Clint Trickett to Retire from Football After 5 Concussions

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WVU QB Clint Trickett has announced that he will be retiring from football due to five concussions suffered in the last 14 months. Trickett stated that he concealed two of these concussions from West Virginia's training staff, due to a desire to remain on the field. He will now pursue a career in coaching. 

Link: http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/12/26/7451401/clint-trickett-retirement-concussions-west-virginia

DrWolverine23

December 26th, 2014 at 4:35 PM ^

Really is sad, I've seen former football players at 40 exhibit the same neurodegenerative properties of a 80 year old.

The one postive, is that there is research being done that will help us better understand and even prevent concussions in the future.

Something as simple as supplementing players with Vitamin D reduces the occurence of concussions. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3205506/ 

With that being said, I wouldn't let my son play football in this day and age. 

Zoltanrules

December 26th, 2014 at 11:20 PM ^

physical abilities of an 80 year old. Just not worth it!

Thankfully my son  came to this conclusion on his own and wants nothing to do with football. He loves swimming and water polo , which is one tough game, but relatively easy on the joints with surprisingly few injuries.

I'm very pleased for Trickett and applaud his judgment.

DrewGOBLUE

December 27th, 2014 at 2:01 AM ^

It would really be nice if football players, and all people for that matter, wouldn't so often feel ashamed about having psychological troubles, thus being less inclined to get help. Recent suicide of the OSU player is a glaring example. And it shouldn't make a difference whether the symptoms are a result of brain trauma, ALS, prions, an unknown cause or whatever it may be

Perkis-Size Me

December 26th, 2014 at 3:36 PM ^

Tough break for the kid, but he'd better hope that keeping those concussions a secret doesn't come back to bite him in the ass later in life. At some point, you have to start thinking about your health.

LSAClassOf2000

December 26th, 2014 at 3:47 PM ^

Their article was primarly a collection of the tweets regarding this - LINK

What was very cool was the sendoff they gave him at the end:

"What we need to do right now as a fan base is thank Clint for his efforts on and off the field and wish him the best in both his future coaching career and, most importantly, his health long-term. Once a Mountaineer, always a Mountaineer."

I thought that was well put.

Tater

December 26th, 2014 at 4:05 PM ^

I am glad he quit and hope he recovers fully with on ill effects.  I also hope he goes on to have a great coaching career.  It is interesting that he was able to hide two concussions from the "trainers."  I am hoping this eventually leads to some form of mandatory SPECT testing or, at the very least, improvement of the concussion testing "protocols."

mexwolv

December 26th, 2014 at 7:03 PM ^

Just a thought, how does he know he had 2 concussions and the coaching staff doesn't.  I guess you can get away with hidding a mild concussion by not saying a word about it, therefore, not being examined, but then, how does he know he had 2 of them and the staff wasn't aware of it.  Then was he examined by a doctor that's not on the team's staff.  It's a little suspicious to me I guess.

Gulogulo37

December 26th, 2014 at 10:31 PM ^

He was playing at the end of the TCU game right? He couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. They stopped throwing the ball because they were so worried about him throwing interceptions. I wonder if he had a concussion then