RIP Gale Sayers

Discussion in 'Chicago Bears' started by BearsWillWin, Sep 23, 2020.

  1. BearsWillWin Drunk (Probably) Patreon Champion Manager Bears Blackhawks Cubs

    Dead of age 77.
     
  2. BearsWillWin Drunk (Probably) Patreon Champion Manager Bears Blackhawks Cubs

    Also Road Warrior Animal John Laurinaitis at age 60.
     
  3. blang84 Legend Bears

    Have only seen NFL Films clips of Sayers. Seemed like a cross between Barry Sanders skills and Devin Hester's skills. Had he played later on he probably would have been able to make a full recovery from that knee injury that ended his career, as players do today. Too bad for him his talent was wasted on bad Bears teams.

    I imagine the Bears will wear a helmet decal or jersey patch of the #40 for the rest of the season.
     
  4. tunafat Franchise Player Bears

    He was a strider and seemed to change directions in full stride which was amazing.
     
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  5. Lyman "Franchise Asshole" Browns Buckeyes

    Sayers was one of the most effortless runners I ever watched. He looked like was gliding through every step he took.
     
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  6. gidion72 Legend Steelers

    Sayers still holds the record for TDs in a game which he set his rookie season
     
  7. vvarder Franchise Player Bears

    Never saw him play live, well before my time, but rest in peace, good man. Time to watch Brian's song.
     
  8. BearsWillWin Drunk (Probably) Patreon Champion Manager Bears Blackhawks Cubs

    I was very fortunate to see him in person.

    Poetry in motion.
     
  9. Badd_Man1 M.V.P. Vikings

    Never saw him in person only on film he looked pretty awesome RIP
     
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  10. EvertonBears M.V.P. Bears

    Me too, like the ones where its so wet and muddy everyones just trying to keep their feet except Sayers who's gliding around playing a different game. Contrast that to the part in Hard Knocks when they practise at SoFi Stadium for the first time and they're talking about how the field feels so fast its like a running track. I can only imagine what Sayers would do to the league if he was playing today. Probably go off for 2k every year.

    RIP Legend.
     
  11. babyfan Legend Patreon Platinum Bears Babyfan's P.C. Yoga

    Oh how sad. I read that he died from complications from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The article went on to day that Sayer joins a growing list of football players who developed dementia and died of brain damage.

    I also read an article about Paul Tagliabue’s role in overseeing a decade-long cover-up of the N.F.L.’s destruction of the brains of its players. It's from an older article but if you're interested in reading it I'll paste it here.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/...n=latest&contentPlacement=4&pgtype=collection
     
  12. Lyman "Franchise Asshole" Browns Buckeyes

    I happen to know (or know of) multiple people who have died as a result of dementia or alzheimer's. None of them even played football.
     
  13. babyfan Legend Patreon Platinum Bears Babyfan's P.C. Yoga

    I understand that Lyman. I'm referring to the numbers of football players who have.
     
  14. Lyman "Franchise Asshole" Browns Buckeyes

    That's not what you inferred.
     
  15. dlinebass5 M.V.P. Bears

    You're being unreasonable, and (I'm assuming) purposefully obtuse.

    Babyfan's point of discussion was legitimate, and though I don't have anything to add to the discussion, I don't see a flaw in how she proposed it.
     
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  16. babyfan Legend Patreon Platinum Bears Babyfan's P.C. Yoga

    What did I infer Lyman?
     
  17. Lyman "Franchise Asshole" Browns Buckeyes

    Babyfan's point of discussion hinged on a biased article she attached from a hack, New York Times "journalist" who never had a favorable opinion of anything NFL related. I just don't see where an article about an alleged coverup by NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue has a place in a thread obviously posted to celebrate the career of one of the best ever running backs to play the game.

    Point: Sayers played from 1965 - 1971. Tagliabue didn't become commissioner until 1989.
     
  18. dlinebass5 M.V.P. Bears

    This is your third post, and the first time you have brought any of that up.

    Point: You're being unreasonable, and (I'm no longer assuming) purposefully obtuse.
     
  19. Lyman "Franchise Asshole" Browns Buckeyes

    Actually, it was my fourth. There won't be a sixth.
     
  20. babyfan Legend Patreon Platinum Bears Babyfan's P.C. Yoga

    I'm not sure what is driving this Lyman. I'm interested in the correlation between concussions and dementia/Alzheimer disease. The NFL did not recognize concussion problems until 2009.

    I'm not a fan of CNN but here are some researched stats they provide. https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/30/us/nfl-concussions-fast-facts/index.html

    This is interesting too.

    According to 2017 study on brains of deceased gridiron football players, 99% of tested brains of NFL players, 88% of CFL players, 64% of semi-professional players, 91% of college football players, and 21% of high school football players had various stages of CTE.[1]
     
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