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I know I know...but I had that great burst of vitriolic outrage in me so I let it fly.
Of course, having played football, I knew the dangers when I was a kid..and that was 40 years ago. Players in this league knew as far back as the 70's that playing in the league could leave you punchy...just as they knew taking steroids could lead to early death.The Alzados came and went yet anabolics exploded league wide.We're going to play the revisionist history card NOW and claim the poor defenseless NFL player had no idea he could end up on a slab? The NFL kept it as under wraps as well as it could, and for that they deserve as much derision and scorn as one sees fit to heap upon them,but these players knew and know now that head trauma is part of playing NFL football. The ones you want to go after are the "PROFESSIONALS" that head up each team's medical staff, the ones who decided it was "safe" for concussed players to resume hitting. The ones who failed to provide adequate information about the dangers of repeated concussions.So yeah, damn right go after them. Establish protocols and adhere to them under the threat of severe monetary and legal ramifications...of course...where I disagree is this outpouring of faux "outrage" by persons not affiliated in any way with the sport, demanding an end to the sport for the safety of "the children!"...
I was watching the news on JAR 10 tonight...two 14 year old children were arrested after being involved in a firefight on a city street, using semi automatic handguns...tell me, what does outlawing team sports for these kids to learn and grow in, learning the value of hard work and co-operation do for THESE "children"? I don't see the "outrage" focused on this as opposed to NFL players and concussions.
Good suggestions and a great concluding example of the cognitive dissonance expressed in this nanny state society. While I agree that the NFL deliberately and disingenuously worked to discredit medical findings about the danger of concussions, I expect society to as always over react going forward. Had the NFL invested serious $ and effort in helmet research they would have a moral high ground and done something to protect the workers they profit from. They chose to stonewall instead. Bad management and moral decision that's on the owners.
Since this society has zero tolerance for politically publicized risk, I expect football to be gone in 30 years. I will be too, so I will not miss it.