Junior Seau's family is suing the NFL and President Obama says that, if he had a son, he would think twice before letting him play football.
The issue of concussions in football is back in the forefront of people’s minds now that: In an article released on Jan. 27, President Obama told The Republican, I'm a big football fan, but I have to tell you if I had a son, I'd have to think long and hard before I let him play football...I tend to be more worried about college players than NFL players in the sense that the NFL players have a union, they're grown men, they can make some of these decisions on their own, and most of them are well-compensated for the violence they do to their bodies. You read some of these stories about college players who undergo some of these same problems with concussions and so forth and then have nothing to fall back on. That's something that I'd like to…
Six days a weeks Marlborough Patch will highlight an interesting story from the Marlborough Daily Enterprise published on that date 100 years ago.
July 14, 1911: Mexican Joe is Injured: Thrown from Broncho During Afternoon Performance of Wild West Show Joseph Gonzales, who rejoices or sorrows under the more ambitious name of Mexican Joe, while attempting to mount a horse at the California Frank Wild West show Thursday afternoon, was thrown to the ground and rendered unconscious for the time being. He was removed to one of the living cars of the show on a siding of the New Haven road and attended by Dr. E.G. Hoitt, who said late Thursday night that he would recover. Click on the attached PDF file to see the rest of this story. Compiled from the archives at the Marlborough Public Library. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to keep up to date on the latest Marlborough news, or simply …
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Peg
12:59 pm on Saturday, February 2, 2013
My opinion about football at the adult level is this: I saw Wes Welker get head butted twice during the playoffs directly in front of the referee and neither hit was called. The referee should be fined just as the football player should be fined, heavily. Until they get serious about it the dirty players will continue to do it and the refs will continue to let it slide. more ›