Comments on: Ricky Williams doesn’t believe there’s a link between concussions and brain damage

By: kmossg

kmossg — Tue, 22 May 2012 03:46:41 +0000

Read somewhere that smoking weed is the only way to protect against brain damage during binge drinking. Maybe it has helped protect ricky from brain damage during his career.

http://www.salem-news.com/articles/august212009/mpp_alcohol_8-21-09.php

By: baddorange

baddorange — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:29:11 +0000

Doing Yoga combined with tip toeing through the tulips, has success written all over it. What the hell, Ricky my boy. You should have left your helmet off your head.

By: fdugrad

fdugrad — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:14:39 +0000

I think more people are dismissing the idea that he does not see a connection / link between concussions and brain damage. It reminds people about tobacco companies denying links between smoking and cancer years ago. Then folks say more tongue in cheek things about the pot smoking. That’s my take on it anyway.

By: techieluddite

techieluddite — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:58:28 +0000

I find it humorous that because Ricky partook of Marijauna that anything he says should just be dismissed, and worse. Yet, so many of you worship Favre, and others* who were hooked on prescription painkillers.

Like rush limbaugh, hah!

By: calvikefan1

calvikefan1 — Fri, 18 May 2012 03:24:44 +0000

Huh -all I need is some tasty waves , a cool buzz , and I’m fine -huh

By: peachyc39

peachyc39 — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:15:23 +0000

Actually don’t have a comment about this article…just reminded me of that song by Afroman “Because I Got High”…lol Such a funny song

By: catgirl54

catgirl54 — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:56:34 +0000

Either the people giving the thumbs-up signs are members of the Ricky Forever Fan Club, they are stoners, or they are even worse diehard Ravens’ fans than I am.

Can’t really be the latter because Ricky said he’d rather play for the Saints than the Ravens this season, if he were to come back at all. Go for it, Ricky!

By: randallflagg52

randallflagg52 — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:01:50 +0000

@billhicks666

crim·i·nal
[krim-uh-nl]
adjective
1.
of the nature of or involving crime.
2.
guilty of crime.
3.
Law . of or pertaining to crime or its punishment: a criminal proceeding.
4.
senseless; foolish: It’s criminal to waste so much good food.
5.
exorbitant; grossly overpriced: They charge absolutely criminal prices.

————————————————–Seems like the first four definitions for ciminal fit the description of pot smokers. But you’re Canadian so what do you know?

By: tmcnulty22

tmcnulty22 — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:07:16 +0000

Didn’t he START his career with brain damage?

By: mauicat1

mauicat1 — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:33:37 +0000

Hey, Ricky! How ’bout this. The next time you have a thought…….just let it go.

By: xxredspydaxx

xxredspydaxx — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:16:09 +0000

Ricky Williams, Kevin Mchale, Micheal Phelps, Donald Trump, all pot smokers. I need to smoke more pot, Damn!

By: nflfollower

nflfollower — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:36:03 +0000

MVP…..you are wrong about no link between weed and the munchies. Why do you think it is used medicinally as an appetite stimulant for nauseated chemotherapy patients? Because studies have shown it increases appetite, or the munchies, if you like. On the other hand, the link between concussions and long term brain damage is far less clear in the medical literature.

By: mvp43

mvp43 — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:13:32 +0000

There’s also no link between smoking weed and getting the munchies…………

By: olcap

olcap — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:43:33 +0000

Ricky has always been a very enigmatic person in my mind. There are data that would back up what Ricky is saying about the ability to “peel off the trauma” from one’s body.

By: tmkelley1

tmkelley1 — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:29:36 +0000

Well, one thing’s for sure: the thumbs up and thumbs down sure do point to the level of drug usage in this crowd, as in “Deep, bro..deep.”

Hilarious!

By: unclemiltysports

unclemiltysports — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:13:32 +0000

Have any of you tools ever even smoked weed before? You act like he’s a heroin addict or something. It’s good that he’s trying all sorts of methods to remain healthy, post-career.

By: billhicks666

billhicks666 — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:13:26 +0000

Love how ignorant people just lump marijuana in with all other drugs; basically these numbnuts are saying if you use marijuana, you’re automatically a criminal, a degenerate or an idiot, which isn’t necessarily the case. And don’t tell me that if one uses marijuana, they’re automatically a criminal b/c it’s against the law. That’s such a cop-out.

By: southsidebears

southsidebears — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:59:47 +0000

How about some originality? How many times can you post “pothead” jokes and giggle to yourselves like you are a creative genius.

Also, this story was posted on PFT, not the New England Journal of Medicine. So why come here, read the story and then post “who cares what Ricky says”?

By: xpensivewinos

xpensivewinos — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:42:48 +0000

Whenever Ricky speaks I have images of when the gang would get together and smoke in Eric Foreman’s basement on That ’70′s Show.

By: usmutts

usmutts — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:30:09 +0000

Thank you, “bullcharger” for getting it right.

A concussion is by definition brain damage. The only issue is whether, in a particular individual, it takes one concussion or many to cause a permanent organic impairment.

By: ncarolinarn7

ncarolinarn7 — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:03:52 +0000

LOL! Really?

By: rolltide510

rolltide510 — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:02:31 +0000

Ricky Williams is smarter then 95% of PFT commenters, stoned or not.

By: cedarstrength

cedarstrength — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:02:22 +0000

It sounds like he is just saying that he doesn’t buy brain trauma as a forgone conclusion. I admit I was al ready to insert my “Smoke another one Ricky” comment, but he’s right about a lot of what he said. These guys can greatly reduce their risk of long term post-football type of injuries if they make as big of a commitment to their health in the off-season, as they do to football in-season.

By: indycoltsfan2012

indycoltsfan2012 — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:41:57 +0000

Too Easy……lol

By: purpleloki

purpleloki — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:36:59 +0000

That’s because he’s too stoned to remember…

By: nflfollower

nflfollower — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:36:27 +0000

Well, Ricky has a point. The actual “evidence” is quite inconclusive, but we’d all rather form our opinions off media sensationalism than examine the actual research, which has left me far from convinced.

By: dcfan21

dcfan21 — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:31:06 +0000

Honestly, I just clicked on the link so I can read everybody’s colorfull comments……

By: mojosmagic

mojosmagic — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:30:55 +0000

Dr. Ricky doesn’t know his ass from a hole in the ground.

By: destructicus

destructicus — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:24:08 +0000

Wait wait wait…

“Ricky Williams doesn’t believe there’s a link between concussions and brain damage” is what Florio said.

What Ricky said is that he spends time healing his mind and body from the punishment of football so that he’s not doomed to suffer.

These are two TOTALLY different things.

A big part of yoga is meditation, which is scientifically proven to reduce depression as well as assist healing other physical ailments.

Considering Ricky has suffered from mental illnesses his opinion is extremely valuable.

I really hate when people make a crazy headline sound like a quote.

By: michfan

michfan — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:14:44 +0000

Must be the blunts, especially the grape ones!