Of course. More reps causes more fatigue. The unanswered question is if more fatigue causes more (severe) injuries.
Oh yeah, I think fatigue absolutely plays a factor in injuries. The only other people who agree with me are all of the NFL coaches and GMs and most of the college coaches. Fatigue absolutely is a factor in injuries.
More than zero effect, if talking any injury.
No question. That doesn’t mean that mo’s injury was caused by getting 30 Carries. Which was the original point you disputed
I think if you actually looked at the data (to whatever extent it exists) on, say, Achilles ruptures .... it wouldn't be anywhere near obvious that they tend to occur more on the person's 30-40th carry in a game. The real world is often never so neat and tidy.
Again, you brought up Ron Dayne to try to make a point and it was an atrocious point. It ONLY made my point that Mo has a higher workload than even the people YOU cherry picked.
Common sense should answer that one for you. They get tackled more. It's a more dangerous activity.
OL and DL smash into each other every play. Sometimes RB don't even hit anyone on a play.
I posted it for soccer players, the data shows they have more noncontact injuries when they are more fatigued.
I do understand that. You vastly overrate Carries per game in your estimation of workload. What percent of injuries to running backs happen in the 4th quarter?
But I'm talking about severe injuries, not just any injury.
That would probably make sense. Then again, I don't know that tendons/ligaments can actually achieve the same "warming" effect as a muscle. I think that's mainly to do with bloodflow, and I don't think blood actually flows (well) through joint tissue?
Quote me where I said it had zero to do with it
I would also add which injuries as well. A rb with a high workload may get winded or tired legs by the end of the day but what injuries do tired legs lead to exactly?. A lineman that is tired will use poor form that can directly cause more injuries but I'm not so sure you can draw those directly to tired legs in a rb.
This is the key. The chance of a RB getting hurt is basically the same on every running play. It can happen on carry 1 and it could happen on carry 30. So until someone can definitively prove that a RB is more likely to get hurt once they cross a certain number of carries in a game this whole argument is pointless.
I mean it might, but there is no proof of this
It was caused from him sticking his foot into the ground and driving hard with that leg. It was too much for the tendon, and it snapped.
It's never going to be an exact science and reasonable people can disagree. I don't really have an exact pitch count and it's likely different for different people. I would think of handing the running backs similar to how you'd handle a pitching staff. It's never going to be exact.
You're saying something definitively and then demanding people to prove the opposite point. I get that is your opinion that carry 30 is the same as carry 1 and I would never the audacity to say "prove to me that this is the point". I think we just disagree. Neither of us can prove that point.