Tua's Concussion Concerns: A Serious Health Debate

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00:00I'll see you in a minute.

00:05But I want to uh ask you first

00:09doc about two uh last night and

00:12it's real simple to me. Um this

00:14guy's going to have a horrible

00:16life uh later when he's older

00:18with all these concussions. I

00:19don't care what anybody says.

00:21This guy's had so many

00:22concussions. I have been around

00:24athletes with concussions and

00:26they all end the same way

00:28So, it's definitely two is a

00:30very serious topic and I

00:31appreciate your nice intro

00:32Scott but what I don't have is

00:33a ringside seat to the Canelo

00:35fight next to you. So, that is

00:37unbelievable. That is truly

00:39unbelievable that you do not I

00:41have all people that doesn't

00:42have a ringside seat. I I

00:44thought you would hook me up

00:45Scott. Come on. You got one

00:46next to you. Where are the

00:47people with the they they've

00:49all gone over to the T-Mobile

00:50Arena. I'm looking for I'm

00:52going to look for a ticket for

00:53you. Give me an hour. It's

00:55I'm joking. Look for two. Uh

00:58look, one concussion is serious.

01:01One concussion is too many. So,

01:03that's sort of the bad news.

01:04He's this is arguably his

01:06fourth. He's had three

01:07documented. Most people believe

01:09he had three in 2022. Now, it's

01:12his fourth. One is too many.

01:15Two, three, four. Yes. And and

01:19Mitch Morris and I'm not

01:21lobbying either way. I'm just

01:22stating facts. I agree with you

01:24there but Mitch Morris, a

01:26center for the Buffalo Bills.

01:27Now, Jacksonville Jaguars at

01:29Sports Industry Central, we've

01:30documented six concussions in

01:32his NFL career. Pat Fryer has

01:35had three in his young career

01:36as a tight end. So, that's not

01:38good. It's not an excuse. It's

01:39not to say two or should keep

01:40going. Every concussion is

01:43serious and it becomes more

01:45susceptible. Look, will he be

01:47ultimately cleared? I don't

01:50know. Bottom line is I hope he

01:51is cleared where he has a

01:53choice to play or retire and

01:55I'm great for him to say I

01:57decide to retire. If he's going

01:59to come back, maybe he comes

02:00back with a guardian cap whether

02:02that helps or not is a

02:03different story but I will give

02:05you this. I agree with

02:06everything you said, Scott,

02:07about the concussions but the

02:09posturing that you see in the

02:10fencing response does not

02:12necessarily correlate to

02:14severity. The safest thing for

02:16two to do is of course stop

02:18playing the collision sport of

02:20football but you you could argue

02:22that's the same with his other

02:23fifty-two teammates. Let's let

02:25him clear from the symptoms.

02:27Hopefully, it's quickly and then

02:29he and his family can make an

02:31informed decision as to what he

02:32does or doesn't want to do next

02:34and what's safe or not safe.

02:36I'm glad that I'll rule them

02:38this week already. No one's

02:40rushing him back. Listen, this

02:43guy got thirty-five mil signing

02:45bonus. He got 100 million

02:46guaranteed first two years.

02:47He's getting the money that add

02:49up to thirty-five with a buck

02:51This guy's got more money than

02:53god and his future is at risk.

02:56His life is at risk. Advanced

02:58dementia is at risk. Alzheimer's

03:00CTE, brain damage, memory loss.

03:03I mean, you name it slurring. I

03:05mean, who needs it? Like, I

03:07can't imagine how I honestly,

03:09how stupid do you have to be if

03:11someone gave you 130 million

03:13dollars and said, all you have

03:16to do is stop playing football

03:18because we're giving you this

03:19We're giving you this money

03:20anyway, no matter what, you get

03:21the money who in their right

03:23mind would choose to have

03:24advanced dementia and brain

03:25damage the rest of their life

03:26when you're as young as him,

03:28he'd have to be literally

03:29stupid. Well, I hear you there

03:33and the scary thing, the scary

03:37thing about head injury. We

03:39don't know what his life would

03:41be like without this fourth

03:43concussion from already having

03:44the three, right? And so, yeah,

03:47it's it's it's look, as you

03:49know, Scott, we've talked

03:50offline and personally, the

03:52whole CTE issue and players and

03:54especially those that, you know,

03:56may have committed suicide as

03:57a result of it. It's near and

03:58dear to my heart. So I want

03:59what's best for to a no

04:00question. I'm just trying to

04:02spew the medical facts.

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