You're Okay, It's Just a Bruise: A Doctor's Sideline Secrets About Pro Football's Most Outrageous Team
Language: English
Published by St Martins Pr, 1994
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- Title
- You're Okay, It's Just a Bruise: A Doctor's Sideline Secrets About Pro Football's Most Outrageous Team
- Author
- Huizenga, Rob
- Publisher
- St Martins Pr
- Publication year
- 1994
- Condition
- Brand New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0312113536
- ISBN 13
- 9780312113537
- Item weight
- 0.66 kilograms
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Review
"The funniest, kinkiest and occasionally the most horrifying inside football book it has ever been my pleasure to read! An instant classic."
Ron Rapoport, Los Angeles Daily News
"As trenchant a look at the inner workings of an NFL team as has ever been written ... shocking, raw, and at times, wildly funny."
The Oakland Tribune
"A harrowing tale."
The Washington Post
This book will never be repeated. The NFL, shortly after Huizenga published this book, responded by demanding every team doctor sign a non-disclosure agreement.
One of the best football books that I've ever read. I can't think of a single, negative thing about this book.
It is of course written from a team physician's view, so it is mostly about the health issues that face players. He didn't pull any punches when describing them. He was very (brutally) candid about that.
He also gave a good view of the reality of working under Al Davis, since A.D. was involved in all aspects of his team. Davis seemed extremely generous in some ways and then sadistic in others.
One thing I came away with from this book, was some knowledge of the reality of steroids in general and their use in the NFL in particular. If you buy/read this book, you should end up with a good overview of what those steroids are all about.
Many people, such as myself, were curious about all the muscular giants/players who were showing up in the NFL by the second half of the 80's. A lot of them, in retrospect, were not "legit" so to speak. They were artificially enhanced. They couldn't do that much, if any, better than the rest of us who played high school and college ball, using only weight lifting to gain size. It's gotten to the point were one cannot really relate to these behemoths that play these days.
On the other hand, the league's ban on steroids has not resulted in any decrease in size of players. They are still showing up, attracted by the large salaries offered in the NFL today. If you're big/strong/fast, you would do well to consider a career in pro football.
But, it's a great book and highly recommended.
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