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Class action lawsuits will always attract con men and free riders, no matter the profession. And yes, I do get a whiff of naked opportunism here. Charlie Waters is a co-plaintiff despite his admission that he would urge team doctors to do everything they could to get him back on the field faster. So how is that the Cowboys' fault? Unless the players can prove that the NFL knew its equipment to be faulty or insufficient, I don't see the lawsuit succeeding.
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I don't care because its not my money and it does not affect me in any way.
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The problem is that this crap is effecting the game. It's turning into some pansy ass version of what football was.
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I no barlee any1 got hurt last year.
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They're just mad that salaries today are heavily inflated compared to the "old days". They want some of that Internet money.
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Current owners and players could have done much better by the retired players, but didn't, despite a combination of pleas and warnings by the retired guys.
So the retired guys are going for it.
The risks were not well understood. There is plenty of money. I've got no problem with it.
If the risks were not well understood by both parties, how is that the NFL's fault?
Why should the NFL be held liable?
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Thats what this lawsuit is about, to show that the NFL did know about the risk.
If it is found that the NFL did know and hid the facts would you be OK with the lawsuit?
Probably not.
If you need studies to know that football is dangerous, then you're a moron. And the stupid shall be punished.
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So once again you don't care about the facts and are upset about what you perceive the issues to be.
This is not about the NFL being dangerous its about the NFL hiding the facts about concussions and how long players should be held out, you know the guidelines they are currently using to "protect players".
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I doubt they knew back in the '60s the long-term consequences of concussions. It has been a fairly new revelation.
Don't be mad just because Zimmerman is innocent. No need to bring that thread into this one.
And yeah, prove to me that the NFL "hid" facts.
Good luck with that one, Bigboy.
It's free money, dawg.
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A former WWE wrestler from Harvard got to the Trurh about Concussions by grave-digging for brains but the NFL had no idea? Yeah, ok.
Not saying they had no idea. Saying they didn't "hide" information.
If the information was out there, and it's public knowledge, or accessible to all, then the NFL can't be held liable.
Wait, you mean to tell me running into other people at full speed for 60 minutes might have a negative effect on your body? SHOCKING!
If the information was out there, and it's public knowledge, or accessible to all, then the NFL can't be held liable.
Wait, you mean to tell me running into other people at full speed for 60 minutes might have a negative effect on your body? SHOCKING!
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They know whether red or green grapes will give a player more energy on game-day but somehow have no knowledge of what goes on with a players body AFTER they're done with him.
Sure throw a player back in a game after a concussion. By the time it affects his life he'll be long retired
Sure throw a player back in a game after a concussion. By the time it affects his life he'll be long retired