Packer

[Cultured_Bogan]

Sorry but a player ending a football career due to injury is not tragic, to those who claim it is. I've changed career 3 times and I'm 36. He hasn't changed career once and he is what 30? Plus he studied too right. Hardly some tragedy we must feel sad if he calls it quits. He made it big he was successful and everything in life is impermanent.

I'm with you, I never buy into the line that they need to make a life's worth of money in their "short careers".

Reality is all FG footballers earn well more than average wage, even the minimum ones, and it's a tough sport but not any worse than half the jobs regular folks get. Regular folks get made redundant and injured on the job just as much as any footballer.

I guess it comes from the perception that they are dumber than a bag of hammers. Obviously not the case now, with many of them getting uni degrees.

 

[twentyforty]

It is a shame how things have ended up for Russ,at his peak he is a very hard running prop who the younger ones could learn from...seeing a quality player end a career with a terrible injury is sad..

Even though many have knocked him and are glad to see him go,he has made it to the elite NRL level and did do his best,I have some compassion for him because he did his best to make up for his faults..

There’s no doubt about that.
I think people are more aggrieved with those who signed him on the big bucks.

 

[TrueTiger]

It is a shame how things have ended up for Russ,at his peak he is a very hard running prop who the younger ones could learn from...seeing a quality player end a career with a terrible injury is sad..

Even though many have knocked him and are glad to see him go,he has made it to the elite NRL level and did do his best,I have some compassion for him because he did his best to make up for his faults..


There’s no doubt about that.
I think people are more aggrieved with those who signed him on the big bucks.

The point Iam trying to make is...if a professional athlete in any sport has to retire because of injury is sad because they are very talented and have had to work hard to make the most out of their living...albeit many have other forms of income making opportunities after sport...

 

[twentyforty]

It is a shame how things have ended up for Russ,at his peak he is a very hard running prop who the younger ones could learn from...seeing a quality player end a career with a terrible injury is sad..

Even though many have knocked him and are glad to see him go,he has made it to the elite NRL level and did do his best,I have some compassion for him because he did his best to make up for his faults..


There’s no doubt about that.
I think people are more aggrieved with those who signed him on the big bucks.

The point Iam trying to make is...if a professional athlete in any sport has to retire because of injury is sad because they are very talented and have had to work hard to make the most out of their living...albeit many have other forms of income making opportunities after sport...

Valid point, if you go back through the posts you’ll see one from me stating that case too.
There wouldn’t be very many who don’t have admiration for the athletes’ mental endurance. The physical punishment and the courage to push on when your body is saying “I can’t take anymore.” For these extraordinary people the difficult option is to give into the pain. I once had the pleasure to meet a blind triathlete whose scarred face told the story of falling from his bike and running into too many poles. To stop doing what you love doing is to stop living.

 

[Tigerboy]

My most recent memory is his bludging big time stat's
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Well Ink I thought you would have considered all facts before posting,his stats may appear as him bludging to you ,however my considerations would allow for a major injury he may have had and was doing his best for the team under duress,maybe that's why he had bad stats and wasn't seen toward the last have of the previous season...just my assumption because I don't really know....

You’re pretty much spot on, X marks the spot... on his foot, I posted about 9 months ago that it was chronic and had been a MINOR issue at the drags - looks to have become recurring.

There’s very little chance of a retirement

I can’t agree, medical retirement (if they went down that path) would be likely. If they can give one to Sam Burgess for an injury he’s had for years they can give one to Packer for an injury he picked up last year

As much as I wouldn’t doubt a fellow former for having genuine inside information. The general talk around shareholders and big guns at Concord are not thinking medical retirement.

Doctor yesterday, as I said, has stated that it’s no where near career ending. Change his output?

Maybe... cheers