The argument, is NOT that he knew that fighting would have repercussions. The players do, but don't understand in totality those repercussions. That's not their skillset - not the trade they were hired for.
What the argument IS, is that the NHL knew the player were being concussed, and did not apply enough safeguards to protect the players.
Was the player able to differentiate between; being dazed, seeing stars, and the 3 grades of concussions.
Who is responsible for that? The professionals/doctors, or the player? Is it a split?
I feel the players have a good argument, that the league is at least partially responsible, as they supply the doctors.
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