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    are their any previous athletes who played without acl's and how did their careers end up??

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    are their any previous athletes who played without acl's and how did their careers end up??
    You're REALLY late to this party...

    Two from previous discussions, off the top of my head:
    Sean Elliott had only one
    Hines Ward had only one

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    You're REALLY late to this party...

    Two from previous discussions, off the top of my head:
    Sean Elliott had only one
    Hines Ward had only one
    Really? I dont have alot of free time anymore so I dont frequent the site as often. Sean and Hines with only 1 wow so it can be done..

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    is a pig's p**sy pork?
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    Really? I dont have alot of free time anymore so I dont frequent the site as often. Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Lu ck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_ and Hines with only 1 wow so it can be done..
    lol

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    Ward and Elliott both had unrepaired ACL tears. The stories going around that they didn't have ACLs at all is a myth.

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    Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Lu ck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_

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    Don't misspell Elliott

    Yeah, there were more guys, but I can only remember those two.

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    when ever I write (Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_L uck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_) luck the fakers comes out

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    when ever I write (Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_L uck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_) luck the fakers comes out
    Elliott has 2 t's.

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    is a pig's p**sy pork?
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    when ever I write (Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_L uck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_) luck the fakers comes out
    misspelling "Elliott" bro

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    how come when I write seans last name that crap comes out

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    misspelling "Elliott" bro
    wow thats weird.. sorry about that

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    Ward and Elliott both had unrepaired ACL tears. The stories going around that they didn't have ACLs at all is a myth.
    Do you know what happens when you don't sew together the torn ends? The same thing that happens to people like Blair who DO have them sewn together. They retract and disappear, and the other ligaments, tendons and muscles compensate.

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    Elliot

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    http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.c...95/3/index.htm

    A damaged ACL doesn't have to be fixed—players are now competing successfully in the NBA with damaged ACLs. Anthony Daly, the Clippers' team physician, says, "You can lead a normal life without an ACL, but you can't play a cutting sport like basketball." San Antonio Spur forward Sean Elliott tore part of his ACL when he was only 14. Surgical reconstruction wasn't done at the time because it would have interfered with the growth of the bones in his knee. He still has more play in his knee than normal, but why correct that and take away a year of his promising career when he performs as well as he does?

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    So Blair's ACLs are actually unrepaired?

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    Nice to see another 'skins fan on the board.

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    From what I've read, it seems Blair had this procedure done:

    http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.c...95/3/index.htm

    Doctors have tried many other ACL-reconstruction techniques. In one the damaged ACL is replaced by a ligament or tendon from a cadaver. The risks are that the body will reject the foreign tissue or that the transplant could transmit an infection from the dead donor to the living recipient.
    I still don't get exactly what has happened to his knees. The reports so far are generally non-medical, but it seems that maybe his body rejected the foreign tissue.

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    the Stealers regardless of Hines Ward's ACLs.

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    So Blair's ACLs are actually unrepaired?
    I think the way they explained it was that they were repaired, but when scar tissue formed at the repair site, the body absorbed it.

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    I think the way they explained it was that they were repaired, but when scar tissue formed at the repair site, the body absorbed it.
    Ahhh okay.

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    I think the way they explained it was that they were repaired, but when scar tissue formed at the repair site, the body absorbed it.
    That's the part I didn't understand when that report came out... does "the body absorbed it" mean the body absorbed the scar tissue, or the entire cadaver ligament?

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    Who the cares? How many times does this have to be rehashed?

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    Who the cares? How many times does this have to be rehashed?
    You're not interested at all in finding out what caused Blair to drop to #37?

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