Charlie Garner brain issues..

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#52
Great player and great Ambassador for UT. What a backfield with James Stewart, Aaron Hayden, and Charlie Garner. When Garner hit the open field he was gone!!! He could catch, get the tough yards, and fly!! A top Five back to ever play at UT! Wish you the best buddy!!! Praying for you!
 
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#53
Saw this yesterday.

I've been dreading this eventuality to hit too close to home. Reading that story is really making me question how much I like this game.
 
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#54
I wish him the best and I'm glad he didn't blow all of his money.
 
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That's tough to read. My kids are given the opportunity to try most any sport or activity they want, but tackle football, boxing/MMA, etc are not on that list.
 
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Burger said:
Soccer actually has a bigger dad injury problem.
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Yes, soccer and cheer leading are the worst for concussions. Football is behind these sports in the brain injury category, but for some reason everyone wants to throw football under the bus. Pure ignorance...and of course, the ever popular UFC where everybody tries to knock everybody's brains out. I would like to see the game safer, but not at the expense of the game itself.
 
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fade route said:
Very sad, and cases like this will the ultimate end to tackle football. This sport has about 7-10 years left before it is stripped down to some variation of 2 hand touch. Don't laugh, there are elected officials in Washington who believe its society's job to protect people from themselves regardless of their free will choices. There will be a major push to end tackle football it is current form over the next 5-7 years.
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Like hell. Won't happen.
 
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99gator said:
First of all, sad to see this about Garner or anyone else in this circumstance.

But, and kind of piggybacking on fade's post earlier, we have to (1) recognize what someone is doing out of their own free will and (2) accept that as human beings we enjoy some stuff that we really shouldn't.

Steve Irwin messed with dangerous animals. He died because of it.

Dale Earnhardt liked to drive really fast. And I can't tell you how many people I have spoken to who watch auto racing for the wrecks. They don't care which dude wins this week. They want to see the car flip over 3 or 4 times and then burst into flame.

We watch boxing and MMA and love watching someone get knocked out. In fact, the more impressive the knockout, the more we like the guy.

When there is a wreck on the highway, people slow down to look at it. The nastier the wreck, the slower they drive and the longer they look.

take some time to look up "epic fail" on youtube and watch people do stupid stuff and get seriously injured while their friends' first reaction while standing around is to laugh at it.

Does that make all of us horrible human beings? Maybe. I don't know. But, the vast, vast majority of people do these things. And of course, none of us want to see anyone get hurt. We just want to see all of this stuff and everyone be ok and, of course, it doesn't work that way.

And when the next thing happens, we'll all be there watching. And if a Tennessee safety lights up a Florida or Alabama WR coming across the field and causes a fumble, you'll give your buddy a high five.

Don't feel guilty about it. It's who we are.
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Words of wisdom and many thanks, 99. It's who we are, indeed. Lighting up WR coming across the middle is one of my favorite memories of playing the game. I always helped them up and said "Come on back 'cause I'm going to be here all night." By the second half, I can remember some of those guys were looking out of their helmet earholes. Magical....
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
Back when Charlie first joined the Vols the saying used to be...

"when he gets ball, count 1...2...3. If he's not down, he's gone."
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I remember that saying well, BV and it was, usually, true. Sure hate to hear this so sad news. Thoughts and prayers for him and his family.
 
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#62
just heard Charlie on philly sports radio. He said he's a little better off than the article made it seem.
 
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