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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.

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Posted by H-Town Tiger

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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

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