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baronbvp
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 Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:27 pm Post subject: Did you see Muhammad Ali before the Orange Bowl? |
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He came out on the field in a Louisville uniform. The poor guy does not look like he's doing well. I know there's debate about whether his Parkinson's was caused by chronic encephalopathy from boxing, but it sure makes you want to strap on the head gear. What a shame for such a great fighter. Good on him for getting out on that field tonight.
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bushido_man96
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I didn't see him tonight, but I have seen him recently, and he is a shadow of his former self. Nothing like he used to be. You have to wonder if he took too many shots to the head, though.
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cross
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Watching a documentry recently it was interesting that they mentioned ali having parkinsons "syndrome" not parkinsons disease.
They also noted that the syndrome has a number of causes, but they beleive in ali's case its from repeated trauma to the brain stem. |
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bushido_man96
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I thought that he had meningitis, or something like that. Very interesting.
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Elky
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| Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:16 am Post subject: Re: Did you see Muhammad Ali before the Orange Bowl? |
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| He came out on the field in a Louisville uniform. The poor guy does not look like he's doing well. I know there's debate about whether his Parkinson's was caused by chronic encephalopathy from boxing, but it sure makes you want to strap on the head gear. What a shame for such a great fighter. Good on him for getting out on that field tonight. |
I'm not sure headgear helps all that much. Since you never take a blow to the brainstem directly - it's the shaking of the brain that does much of the damage. Headgear doesn't protect you from having your brain shook about inside your skull. |
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cross
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| I'm not sure headgear helps all that much. Since you never take a blow to the brainstem directly - it's the shaking of the brain that does much of the damage. Headgear doesn't protect you from having your brain shook about inside your skull. |
Agreed. |
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baronbvp
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Hmmm...sounds very reasonable.
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on the post.
