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Originally Posted by heep223
On the other hand, surely he knows the risks that he's taking when being diagnosed with a concussion and then playing regardless. He needs to look after his own health, he's played hockey his whole life, he knows the risks.
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How is he expected to know any of these things? Especially as someone who started their career before this stuff started to really make waves. He's a hockey player, with barely a high school education (in most cases). He understands playing hockey. He's played on broken foots, what does a headache matter? It matters significantly more, even if it hurts significantly less. We are just starting to understand this now. Sure, he may have a limp for the rest of his life from the foot thing, or get some arthritis in broken down joints, but having a debilitated mind is in a totally different stratosphere of problem.