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10/23/2017 7:54pm
10/23/2017 7:54pm
Why don't more players wear knee braces? Especially on the O and D lines? I've never understood this. Carbon fiber knee braces can weigh less then a pound. Why are these guys not wearing anything. Yes, when you first put them on they feel awkward. But if they wore them during a whole training camp they would get used to them.
During tonight's game we have seen two knee injuries with guys wearing no knee brace.
So what is the deal here?
During tonight's game we have seen two knee injuries with guys wearing no knee brace.
So what is the deal here?
Maybe they are worried about breaking something else?
So I really can't think of a single good reason why they don't wear carbon fiber knee braces. Once you get used to them you don't even know they are there. I'm open to trying to understand why they don't. Just seems crazy to me.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/08/sports/ncaafootball/college-football-โฆ
Two, it gives them a disadvantage at the bargaining table. Seriously, teams will use it against them when negotiating contracts. Braces give the impression they have a weakness.
I wore CTI's starting in the early'ish 90's all the way through my racing career and there were many instances the knee brace saved my knee from exploding. You can feel it when the brace hit's full stop. And think if you didn't have the brace the knee would just keep going until you tore ACL/MCL etc.
I used them every time for practice and race and it became a part of me so to speak. I forgot them one practice day and wouldn't even think about getting on the motorcycle without them.
I just found it strange these players in the trenches don't wear them more often considering the abundance of knee injuries.
Also tore an ACL riding with a brace on, but it wasn't as bad as the tear without one. THAT............was my left ankle against my left hip sideways, just like that mag ad you hate to look at.
The NFL players have collective bargaining so it's not so easy for coaches to require them to wear it without having actual stats to support their effectiveness.
Michigan->http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolโฆ
Neither player wearing a knee brace.
Makes you wonder....
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