Quote Originally Posted by hoosier View Post
You're a lawyer, right? I get the point about comparative costs but isn't that overly focused on the short term? Doesn't that calculus overlook the likelihood that settling will encourage future frivolous lawsuits that might otherwise never happen? Surely there is an actuarial table somewhere that can tell us something about this.
No, I am a CPA. I do some litigation work ( divorce and business valuation) and have been sued for multi millions of dollars. (We won but not after $500,000+ in legal fees).

The NFL is always worried about losing one of these suits because if they ever did everyone would sue the NFL. The cost of settling for an undisclosed amount and admitting no liability probably keeps the NFL way ahead in the total long-term cost.