Playing through an Injury

by KarimTheDream on Aug 30, 2010 11:15 PM CDT

Okay. I'll try to keep this short and have the conversation in the comments, but I seriously doubt that will happen..

Reading and seeing people mention Injuries, and players fighting through them to be great, makes me wonder something.

Why do people give so much credit to players when they play through an injury? I understand the whole, "Oh they're going through a rough time and sticking it out for their team"

Uhm, I'm calling bullshit. Athletes in general are selfish. If they're back on the field/court its because a doctor has cleared them. If the doctor says "You can play, but you run a decent risk of reinjuring it, and maybe losing your knee the way it is forever" That player will stay the F away from any kind of action. I am a strong believer that if they're playing, it's because theyre no less than 85%. Which is great if you can fight through it for your team. Don't get me wrong, It is fantastic when a player plays through an injury. Give them slight praise and props, and leave it at that. They don't deserve monumental attention. Another reason this makes me mad is because this benefits the idiot players in the league. There's a fine line between brave and plain stupid. Players that are hurt(i.e. always playing through injuries) are the stupid ones. barreling into 6'7 250 pound guys has nothing noble about it. This is just stupid because you have more value to your team than a Touchdown, or and And-1 layup.

This was mainly sparked months ago, when Ginobili was treated like teh second coming of christ for playing through his broken nose. Sure he deserves props, I'm sure it hurt very much and i applaud him for playing. But they didn't have to mention it every 15 seconds on TV. he's tough, he's not God.(Sorry to get religious)

Lastly, this takes away from players that take care of themselves. Part of a sport is knowing your body is your ticket. The players that avoid dangerous play are not wimps. They're the smart ones. These players seem bad in the eyes of sports fans that think "hey, if you dont play tough youre a wimp!" You may be thinking, Karim, cool it, people that think like that are idiots. That's true, but don't forget 1/4th of people in this world are idiots, if not more, hell I'm probably one of them.

I like guys Like Peyton Manning, Dirk, Rooney. Guys that don't try to be brave and always get hurt. A sport is more than being athletic. It takes intelligence. And players that are physically gifted and stupid that always get hurt should not be treated like Saints for being able to take a pain-shot in the locker room and grinding through a few more hours of game.

DAHH. Got it all out. Opinions? Am i a vile, crude jerk? Or do i have a point?

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a vile, crude jerk with a point. but also discounting some health percentages…see hill, grant or roy, brandan

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by DOH on Aug 31, 2010 7:16 AM CDT reply actions

Thank you

I’ll take that. We need to reward players that play at least 78 games a year every year, not reward ones that play only 25, but when they come back they put up 40 points. Yupee! Good thing your injury returning big game makes up for your team’s poor record when you were gone..

Players that go all out every play every second aren’t smart. I’m not saying don’t hustle, im sayign dont risk your body unless that point REALLY matters. When youre down 20 with 3 to go, it’s no time to barrel into 3 defenders and risk landing poorly on your knee.

And yes, great point about the contracts.

~Karim!

by KarimTheDream on Aug 31, 2010 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions

meh

I understand what you think, but having played multiple sports throughout my life, I can honestly say that its way harder to play through an injury than you give credit for.

On another note, try playing soccer with a strained abdominal muscle. Its brutal…

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by mayur.patel on Sep 1, 2010 3:58 PM CDT reply actions

I've played

and am playing Tennis on a high school level. And basketball on a high school level. Also like 4 other sports on a jr. high level.

Granted i sucked at all these sports, haha, I know how hard it is. I have terrible ankles, thus have to wear an ankle brace on both ankles and have had to since about 8th grade. That being said, I’m, an expert on being injured and constantly being in the trainers office and playing through rough times. Okay, the point for saying all of that is that yes, I know exactly what its like. it hurts like hell. Its painful and you want to stop, but you dont. But the times i play through an injury, I dont expect anyone on my team or the other team to say “Oh, hes doing good for a hurt guy” If youre going to put yourself on the court and play through it, being tough, thats all you need is personal gain for being tough.

You don’t need other people to congratulate you for being tough and a hard worker, its part of sports to grit and grind. This is the way i feel as a 16 year old kid, So I’m wondering why grown men aren’t a little more mature. Also, take into affect that High schoolers play through tougher injuries than Adults, because if we reinjure ourselves, were out 2 months. if they do, theyre out 2 months with no paycheck. that’s a big deal.

~Karim!

by KarimTheDream on Sep 1, 2010 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions