TheOak

Sorry for the rant but this pisses me off.... I can not agree.

There is a certain amount of assumed personal liability every time a player steps foot on the field.

Roughly 40-50 % of all NFL players hold a college degree, another 20-30 percent went to college, and I would say at least 95% of all NFL players have played football at some level in their life.

They all KNOW the inherent risks associated with the game, and they CHOOSE to play.

This whole ordeal reminds me of people who enlist in the military for college money but when it is time to lace up the boots and go to war...cry like babies that they shouldn't have to.

If I drive my car off of a bridge, and get long term disability because of it, should i be able to sue GM because no one sat me down when I signed the purchasing agreement and said "you should know that if you drive this vehicle off of a bridge you could have long term disability".


This is like playing in the stock market.... When the payoff is huge people celebrate, when they lose money they start blaming everyone and their brother for their piss poor decisions, and "someone" must protect people from themselves. You do not see the same players complaining when they sign that contract, or cash that monthly check that is more than some people make in 10 years.

How in the fk can one person not assume that repeatedly hitting your head for 4 hours on a Sunday will not be a problem later.

This is the start of the stupification of America.