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Posted on 6/18/12 at 10:59 pm to LSUTil_iDie
I really don't think it is just that. With collisions at those speeds your brain rattles against your skull regardless. Just the way it is.
Posted on 6/18/12 at 11:07 pm to tigerskin
This is a reaction to the game as it was played a decade ago. Currently the NFL is doing more to keep the game safe by having rules on concussions. Also New Technology in helmets helps protect players better. The NFL needs to update what is and isn't acceptable head gear.
Posted on 6/19/12 at 7:09 am to lwlsu96
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I just can't picture a world without football.
Posted on 6/19/12 at 7:23 am to lwlsu96
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American Football is in serious trouble
Good thing we have the soccer board fired up and ready to go. Excellent foresight Chicken.
Posted on 6/19/12 at 7:56 am to LSU alum wannabe
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Pussification may continue to the point that we are watching some bastardized rugby hybrid.
American football is already a bastardized rugby hybrid...
Not sure how you can put "pussification" and rugby in the same sentence...
Posted on 6/19/12 at 8:33 am to Tiger Ryno
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Just ban steroids
Ignoring the fact that they are already banned, I can see where you are coming from, cause clearly prohibitions always work.
This post was edited on 6/19/12 at 8:42 am
Posted on 6/19/12 at 8:41 am to lwlsu96
There's little doubt there will be successful lawsuits and billions of dollars transfered to lawyers, i mean won by plaintiffs. But I think this guy is over reacting a bit, not to mention that 2 economists already had a similar article on Grantland a few months ago. Smoking lawsuits did not kill the industry. Suing the league out if existance is counter productive. Kind of hard to get big fat legal fees, I mean settlements for your clients, if the golden goose is dead. It is possible and prehaps likely that lower levels drop football over lawsuits or because they can no longer get insurance.
This post was edited on 6/19/12 at 8:43 am
Posted on 6/19/12 at 8:43 am to lwlsu96
I think the only course of action is to put all players through a "long term consequences of concussions" class and a clause in all the players contracts that says something to the effect of:
"The NFL and/or equipment manufacturers are not liable for any longterm medical damage to the player. The signee has attended the dangers of concussions class and is well aware of the dangers of this contact sport."
"The NFL and/or equipment manufacturers are not liable for any longterm medical damage to the player. The signee has attended the dangers of concussions class and is well aware of the dangers of this contact sport."
Posted on 6/19/12 at 8:43 am to GeauxWarTigers
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I'm sorry, but if you failed to realize that a contact sport has a high risk of injury, then that isn't my problem. This is America though and we love to put the blame on someone other than ourselves and sue the frick out of them to take the easy road out.
If you don't want to deal with the risks of concussion, then don't play football and make millions of dollars. /endrant
The vast majority of players don't make millions of dollars. They don't even have very long careers.
We're talking about very young kids who have no idea of the risks they are getting into, even at the high school level.
For every superstar football player 'doin it big' there are a multitude of broken and exploited lives, so yeah I guess it is the American way.
Posted on 6/19/12 at 8:50 am to night83
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For every superstar football player 'doin it big' there are a multitude of broken and exploited lives, so yeah I guess it is the American way.
Spare us the over stated rhetoric comrade. not everyone that plays football gets a head injury, let alone is doomed to a shortened lifespan with demetia. There are obviously some guys that have had serious issues, just as there have been some that are paralyzed. It doesn't happen to most. Unless there is some smoking gun that the NFL knew about the possibility and hid it, I don't see how people were "explotied". The research on brain injuries of this type is not 60 years old, its relatively new. One of the ironies is, they started making stronger, lighter helmets to protect against neck injuries, but alas, lawyers never wnat to hear about unintended consequences.
This post was edited on 6/19/12 at 8:51 am
Posted on 6/19/12 at 9:06 am to Chaz95
No disrespect to the game(baseball) but because of the slow pace of baseball vs today's fast paced society, baseball will never replace football. Thank goodness for this from my perspective. I think kids enjoy playing baseball but you will likely find fan support in most communities for football 10 to 1 or sometimes 20 to 1 at most youth/high school/college football games vs baseball. Baseball has a niche but it will never be a superior product.
This post was edited on 6/19/12 at 9:07 am
Posted on 6/19/12 at 9:06 am to H-Town Tiger
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not everyone that plays football gets a head injury, let alone is doomed to a shortened lifespan with demetia
Must be great to make an argument against a point that I never made. Way to misrepresent. It's a clever tactic but the folks on this board are intelligent enough to see right through it.
Posted on 6/19/12 at 9:14 am to lwlsu96
Is there not an assumption of risk clause in these contracts?
Posted on 6/19/12 at 9:45 am to GeauxWarTigers
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Yeah. I love the American mentality. You get paid so much more than the average American to play a sport that you love (most do anyway). If that isn't enough you then sue the hand that gave you all that money for not "informing you of the dangers/risks of concussions."
I'm sorry, but if you failed to realize that a contact sport has a high risk of injury, then that isn't my problem. This is America though and we love to put the blame on someone other than ourselves and sue the frick out of them to take the easy road out.
If you don't want to deal with the risks of concussion, then don't play football and make millions of dollars. /endrant
The argument is that the NFL knew that concussions could lead to long term disability but ignored the evidence and sent players with existing concussions into games where they recieved a second concussion.
Look at the policy now - players are held out of games if they experience a concussion in a prior game or practice.
The suit alleges that the NFL knew this, ignored the evidence and sent injured players into games where they were further, more seriously injured.
Posted on 6/19/12 at 10:04 am to cwill
In 50-75 years soccer will be the #1 sport in America
Posted on 6/19/12 at 10:13 am to cwill
NFL can name this go away within 2 years with muliple game suspensions for dirty hits
fine dont work because of the money they make
take the game away, and the style of play will change quickly
fine dont work because of the money they make
take the game away, and the style of play will change quickly
Posted on 6/19/12 at 10:14 am to Rouge
Did the article say where this guy's head is at?
Posted on 6/19/12 at 10:55 am to Displaced
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"The NFL and/or equipment manufacturers are not liable for any longterm medical damage to the player. The signee has attended the dangers of concussions class and is well aware of the dangers of this contact sport."
It pretty much already says this on Riddell helmets.
Posted on 6/19/12 at 10:57 am to Mephistopheles
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It pretty much already says this on Riddell helmets.
I'm not on the players side on this one but just because you slap a disclaimer on a helmet that doesn't automatically absolve you of liability.
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