Monday, September 10, 2007
Football: Fun to Watch Deadly to Play
Sunday was the first sunday for football and what a day it was; wins and loses, new records in the history books, hard hits and unfortunatley injuries. Now when watching football people want to see those hard hits and go OHHHHHHHHH as loud as they can and just watch the replay over and over again. But yesterday during the Bills v Broncos game instead of going OH everyone went OUCH. TE Kevin Everett of the Buffalo Bills was going in for a tackle on special teams and what wound up happening was he collided helmet to helmet with PR Domenik Hixon and dropped to the ground right away. Everett was on the ground for about 15 minutes receiving medical attention and was carted off on a stretcher and into an ambulance. Everett suffered a life threatening spinal cord injury and was rushed to the hospital right away for surgery. I love football but I don't want to see anyone carted off in an ambulance and later read that his playing days are over. No one wants to see this happen to anyone. They entertain and put their bodies on the line for everyone to enjoy the greatest sports event of this era. But this is football s*** happens and unfortunatley everyone has to watch something that they dont want to see.
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i agree.. my younger brother plays football in high school and hes small for a football player, the first game he was carried off the field because he tore something in his knee.. i wasent there but i can just imagine what my mom was feeling. it sucks
I definitely feel bad for Everett. It is definitely a threat every time they step onto the field, but this is definitely a freak incident. It's a shame to see that he won't play again for the rest of his life, but at least he will be able to walk again.
Yes it sucks that this guys got hurt but every athlete knows the risks they take when they walk out onto the field
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