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I'm actually kind of surprised there isn't a concussion lawsuit thread. There's two seperate posts about Levens and Chewy joining, but nothing where everything can really be discussed, so I figured I'd start one up.
You know what really grinds my gears? This stupid lawsuit against the NFL for head injuries. These guys act surprised that getting tackled by Clay Mathews might be hazardous to their health. It's a contact sport, everyone's told from pee wee on up that the possibilities of injury or even death are very real. Participate at your own risk. This is bullshit. This is like suing the the boxing confederation because boxers get concussions. This is like suing baseball because you might have to live with life long pain from a torn rotator cuff or ACL. This like suing McDonalds because you ate there every day and got fat. This is stupid.
What happens if they win? Do you think the NFL will just pay em a bunch of money and things will go on as normal? Goodell has already seen the writing on the wall, why else would he be pumping so many fines for hard hits? What happens to the game if the NFL has to seriously attempt to limit concussions. What do they do? Get rid of helmets and pads? That's the only half way decent suggestion I've yet to hear and that thought is terrifying. Not to mention what happens to all this money these guys are making? Take away big hits and you're going to loose a lot of your audience. The NFL is not untouchable. It's not to big to fail. It's like these guys don't even recognize how god awful lucky they are to be able to play football for a living and get paid what they do. They've forgotten what a privilege it was/is to play and now are just grabbing for cash where ever they can.
What about High school sports? Do you really think there's going to be a district out there that will allow sports to continue if they can be sued for a student recieving a concussion? You're not just talking football there.
What I think will happen is that the NFL is going to set something up with the NFLPA to agree to pay for some hospital bills or something along those lines if the former players drop their suit.
You know what really grinds my gears? This stupid lawsuit against the NFL for head injuries. These guys act surprised that getting tackled by Clay Mathews might be hazardous to their health. It's a contact sport, everyone's told from pee wee on up that the possibilities of injury or even death are very real. Participate at your own risk. This is bullshit. This is like suing the the boxing confederation because boxers get concussions. This is like suing baseball because you might have to live with life long pain from a torn rotator cuff or ACL. This like suing McDonalds because you ate there every day and got fat. This is stupid.
What happens if they win? Do you think the NFL will just pay em a bunch of money and things will go on as normal? Goodell has already seen the writing on the wall, why else would he be pumping so many fines for hard hits? What happens to the game if the NFL has to seriously attempt to limit concussions. What do they do? Get rid of helmets and pads? That's the only half way decent suggestion I've yet to hear and that thought is terrifying. Not to mention what happens to all this money these guys are making? Take away big hits and you're going to loose a lot of your audience. The NFL is not untouchable. It's not to big to fail. It's like these guys don't even recognize how god awful lucky they are to be able to play football for a living and get paid what they do. They've forgotten what a privilege it was/is to play and now are just grabbing for cash where ever they can.
What about High school sports? Do you really think there's going to be a district out there that will allow sports to continue if they can be sued for a student recieving a concussion? You're not just talking football there.
What I think will happen is that the NFL is going to set something up with the NFLPA to agree to pay for some hospital bills or something along those lines if the former players drop their suit.
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