OT: Concussion

[ANGELAKERAMS]

has anyone else watched this movie?

I just watched it recently and came away pissed at the NFL for knowing the damage this was causing players and hiding it for so long. and then, when the truth came out, trying to bury the guys telling the truth.

the NFL is their employer. they should have be looking out for the best interest of their employees, not doing everything in their power to hide it.

look, alot of guys are going to play in the NFL regardless of the risks. it's no different than someone joining the military. except those joining the military know all the risks going in. the NFL was doing their best to hide those risks from their employees.

if players love the game ( much like military personnel sign up cause they love their country ), they are going to play even knowing the risks involved. it's not going to kill the game of football ( which I think is what they were afraid of ).

I just came away pissed at the NFL for they way they handled that whole situation ( and continue to handle it even to this day ).

your thoughts?

 

[Retroram52]

Hey with the NFL and Kroneke, it's all about the Benjamins. To hell with everything else.

 

[LongtimeRamsFan42]

I haven't seen the movie yet, but based on the way the NFL has tried to discredit it and the doctor involved, you have to think something "unkosher" is DEFINITELY going on here...

 

[Jermaine133]

I mean whoever says there isn't a correlation with CTE and football is naive. You have king dipshit Jerry Jones going out and discrediting by saying "oh i don't believe there is a correlation because of the data". But it's there and once it reared its ugly head the nfl just tried to hide it. It's all about the money, always has and always been about it. It's kinda why I can't be mad at the players but for so much for holding out and wanting more money. This is a billion dollar business and the higher ups are gonna do everything in their power to keep it that way.

 

[Retroram52]

This isn't Jerry getting concussions. He doesn't go home not remembering how to get there unless he's inebriated which happens a lot with goober boy. Like I stated before. As long as goober boy and limp biscuit Kroneke are getting the Benjamins, they'll make completely idiotic statements like the one goober boy made. Of course there is a positive correlation. It has been there for some time and nearly every study comes to the same conclusion.

 

[Rambunctious]

Maybe the best course of action would be to do something to minimize brain injury rather than trying to lay blame so the lawyers can go to town. I really don't want to see the NFL sued out of existence. For every player from high school on up to the NFL that has had an issue with his brain from playing the game there are thousands that haven't. Lets fix it. Better helmet design is one way no one talks about.

 

[bluepigpen]

Whenever 2 people collide with force, injuries can happen even brain injuries. I played and coached and teaching at the youngest level to have eyes touch target will help it. They will probably never completely get the leading with the head out of the game without more ejections for an example but until you take the eyes down out of the tackle, concussions will continue. Just my opinion.

 

[ANGELAKERAMS]

my biggest thing is the NFL continuing to deny the results even to this day or any relation to football and CTE.

if they would just come out and admit what they knew and when they knew it, take care of the players that need care, and work toward improving equipment, etc. they would look alot better than what they have been doing for over a decade when CTE was discovered.

 

[Retroram52]

They wouldn't do any admitting because then family members and sech would lawyer up and the NFL owners would face huge numbers of lawsuits. Nope, gotta keep the cash!

 

[ANGELAKERAMS]

They wouldn't do any admitting because then family members and sech would lawyer up and the NFL owners would face huge numbers of lawsuits. Nope, gotta keep the cash!

I know Retro, but it would be nice to see a company admit what their product was doing to their employees.

 

[Retroram52]

Yep that would be nice in a perfect world ALR and as we know, the Rams with limp biscuit Kroneke running the show is about as imperfect as a franchise can get. Quiet Stan would be the last owner to admit to anything.

 

[Vitamike]

The whole ordeal sort of reminds me of NRA and how they worry about the slippery slope.