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Originally Posted by dissentowner
I think it is a cash grab. Sorry, but you got into the game knowing the risks. There are other careers where you put your health on the line and you don't see those people suing if they get injured, you knew it was a possibility going into it. It isn't like these guys don't get well compensated for playing a game for a living either.
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I'd say that's true when it comes to most injuries but the science on brain injuries has really progressed a great deal in the last 10-20 years. It wasn't that long ago that we had cute euphemisms for concussions: "he got his bell rung", "seeing stars", etc. People really weren't aware that getting even a minor concussion could lead to long term consequences.
My issue with this lawsuit is that how was the league supposed to know the science of brain injuries before there was any data? Did they actively conceal it from the players? The lawsuit claims that the league lied to the players about head trauma but was the league in a position to be able to lie to the players? Was this information available to the league?