Plankton
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The problem I have with this issue is that everybody is complicit. The NFL is complicit because they have known. The Players are complicit because they also know and they continue to play and use. The Fans are complicit because honestly, we don't really care. We figure they know the score and if they decide to do this thing for stupid amounts of money, that's on them.
As long as there is demand and trust me, there will always be demand for this kind of thing, nobody wants to really changed.
To me, the only real way to fix this is to go back to a brand of Football that was old school. You gotta get Growth Enhancement Products out of the game. These guys are too big and the style of football played today is just to high impact. We gotta get players back to a more natural physical makeup and we have to start playing football with our shoulders instead of our head gear.
The biggest disappointment I have had as a fan is the decline of basic fundamentals in the game. I almost hate to watch it anymore. It is so far from what I learned as a young kid.
Anyway, that's my 2 cents.
I see the players point, but...what Lester Hayes said also says much.
There will be a point in the future where the NFL will either go away or will not resemble the game we see today.
The government should fine the NFL several billion dollars for hiding this fact (they clearly knew the truth) just like the government should find the tobacco and oil industry for all the damage they knowingly caused..
No. Given the governments ability to TAX.
They will put a $5 surcharge on every NFL ticket to cover the costs related head injuries for players.
The government will manage the fund.
Then dole out $ to players who can prove they were injured while on the Job.
Sort of like workers comp.
I'm pretty sure there is no way that happens. The overhead for such a minimal amount of NFL players would make that incredibly inefficient. Workers comp exists for hundreds of millions of people. The NFL has what? Less than 1,700 players and you think there will be an entire government department setup for this? No.
But how many players are injured on the job.....