+1
I have a handful of games where something like what Mr. Jefferson is talking about happened. I don't have a number but I know that I couldn't remember the rugby match, and/or football game.
This was back in the day of "getting your bell rung" and "rub some dirt on it".
Is what it is. Yes, I worry about what the future might hold mentally for me, but as of right now I am fine. I would never regret the great times I had playing both sports.
That all being said, I am all for the new protocols, and I feel Jefferson should sit out a little bit and give it a rest till he is ready.
I was only concussed once, I was about 14 years old. I only share this story with friends because it is rather embarrassing. It was Thanksgiving and my Grandparents flew out for PA to visit us in St. Louis for the holiday. We had a fireplace but no wood so my younger brother and I decided we would go out and chop down a tree to get needed firewood.
We found an old dead tree about 300 yards from the house and I proceeded to start chopping away. We lived in a lake community and the tree was about 30 feet from the lake and it was located on a fairly steep slope. I had to chop on the upside hill of the tree so it would fall up the hill and not down towards the lake where it could roll down the slope into the water. I considered myself rather clever for deducing this.
The tree was about 4 ' in diameter and had one single branch about 10 ' up and 1 ' in diameter. It took me quite awhile of chopping to get close to bringing the tree down but I was making good progress. The last couple of chops and I'm now realizing that I will have to chop this friggin tree up even more to get logs for the fireplace but it's too late to turn back now.
So last swing of the axe and the tree starts to move, but it's weird because instead of simply falling over like EVERY other tree in the history of mankind has done when chopped down it spins on the trunk and then lands standing straight up and down on the lake side of the newly created stump. Now it gets even weirder as the tree falls up hill flipping over the stump. All that's amazing enough but when the tree spun on the stump it lined the sole branch on the tree with my head which it proceeded to pummel.
I wake up about 15 minutes later, maybe less, but my brother is freaked out and couldn't gauge the time well. I started asking questions about what happened and then are Pop & Gmom in town. As you can tell by my story I did end up remembering the event fully but I do know the feeling of not having full recall, at least initially.
If factor back man, can't recall his name, can be a commentator on ESPN with his incredible concussion history then you and I will be fine.
