perhaps it may depend on how successful they were? The injuries may not seem so severe or "worth it" in their minds if there were superbowl rings attatched, or pro bowl appearences.
I suppose too that people coming up to them all the time and making comments to them all the time like "your body must've taken quite a beating if you add up all those years" can't be good for the pain either.
And yeah, I guess if they have repressed rage, it's all to easy to fall back on old injuries as a way to distract the concious. I suppose if I was on those teams in the past, my back, knee whatever would flare up every time I read about the signing bonuses these untested kids are getting out of college these days |
Former pro athletes with debilitating injuries
Posted - 03/28/2007 : 17:39:54
