OT: WVU QB Clint Trickett to Retire from Football After 5 Concussions
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
December 26th, 2014 at 3:34 PM ^
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December 26th, 2014 at 4:47 PM ^
December 26th, 2014 at 3:35 PM ^
December 26th, 2014 at 3:38 PM ^
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.
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.
December 27th, 2014 at 2:01 AM ^
December 27th, 2014 at 4:02 AM ^
December 26th, 2014 at 3:36 PM ^
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.
December 26th, 2014 at 4:34 PM ^
Amen.
December 26th, 2014 at 3:45 PM ^
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.
December 26th, 2014 at 3:49 PM ^
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."
December 26th, 2014 at 4:07 PM ^
but football also needs more guys named "Clint Trickett". Sounds like a porn name. Or NASCAR.
December 26th, 2014 at 4:13 PM ^
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December 26th, 2014 at 4:18 PM ^
December 26th, 2014 at 5:11 PM ^
In West Virginia they let it go 5 before telling him he's done?!? That's some crazy backwards shit.
December 26th, 2014 at 10:29 PM ^
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.
December 26th, 2014 at 8:26 PM ^
with which to compare the two he says he "hid".
December 26th, 2014 at 10:31 PM ^