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Originally Posted by AcGold
Integrity probably stops most if not all such cases, Montador died from brain injuries. This isn't a small trifle over money, somebody is dead that should still be alive.
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Understood, but did Montador not think for himself after his first concussion that this damage was self inflicted by his own actions (87 fights in his NHL career plus how many more in the minors). Players of his generation and the next age group know full well going into the league that guys like Brett Lindros, Lafontaine and Beukeboom retired because of head injuries, but they willingly took the risk to play.
No player should die from playing a game, but no player or his family can honestly say they didn't know the risks.
And for other people comparing the NFL to NHL, they are not even the same. The NHL has spent no time trying to disparage their own doctors in court or making statements that head injuries had nothing to do with their sport. The NFL got caught because their own doctor put it in writing in a letter to Mike Websters family that his dementia was caused by repeated blows to his head and the NFL then went on the offensive to discredit the doctor. The NHL has done no such thing.