OahuHawkFan":2qpcw9tj said:
I guess it comes down to how much safety you think you're entitled to in this world. Some people believe that a spilled cup of hot coffee in your lap in a McDonald's drive through entitles you to millions. I would argue it's the price you might pay for convenience, and a cheap cup of coffee. You put yourself in harms way every time you get out of bed in the morning, and the world doesn't always owe you a risk free life.
Football had always been a dangerous sport, and all former football players knew it while playing. This isn't about the NFL owners hiding an obvious fact from players. That has nothing to do with it.
What this is about is an overly litigious society (and ambulance chasing lawyers) telling former players they could sue for damages, and those former players jumping in line to cash in on free stuff at the expense of billianaires?
Anyway, enjoy the movie if that's your thing. It's basically another Erin Brocovich I'm sure.
Yay two hand touch football!
Yes, all players knew the game was dangerous, but they didn't know about the head injury repercussions, they knew broken bones and blown out knees. They didn't get pulled from the game when they got their bell rung. They had to play through their concussion symptoms or they lost their jobs...even after studies had been shown That there were problems later in life with repeated head injuries.
I know there are former players just jumping on for one last paycheck which is why I suggested building healthcare facilities instead of giving money. Building hospitals and giving free healthcare for life will also reduce the probability of some other lawsuit claiming something later that we don't know about yet. The hospitals would also be money makers for the owners and would pay for themselves. It's just an idea.
This whole thing is about the cover up, otherwise they wouldn't have had a movie made about it or spent so much to squelch all the medical studies.
I'm against most, if not all, entitlements, but that involves government spending. What this is is a private company that has done it's employees wrong and instead of spending to avoid the past and suppress, they could spend to fix the problem and avoid in the future.
This game has grown more than even the most optimistic growth projections could have predicted and now no one wants to share with those that were responsible for helping the sport grow so rapidly.
GREED.