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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
But at some point it comes down to the players and acceptance of the risk. They need to understand the risk, be educated on the potential long term impacts, and then it's up to them to determine if that risk is worth the financial benefit from playing the sport.
At some point the league can only be so accountable and it's up to the individual player/person to assess the risk and determine if it's worth it to them. And the player needs to be accountable for that, and the NHLPA, junior/minor/college hockey programs need to be the ones ensuring that those players have the right information to make that decision.
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I disagree with this. Even if they know what could possibly happen almost every player will still gamble that they'll be one of the vast majority who won't get hurt and choose the millions of dollars. To me this is no different than mandatory helmets, visors, seatbelts or even things like steeltoe boots on construction sites, if you let people choose they'll usually choose the easy way or what gets them the most money.
Unfortunately there are the unluckly few that end up with major brain trauma and end up with a multitude of problems from domestic violence, drug/alcohol addiction, homelessness and in the worst cases suicide. Guaranteed those players in hindsight would trade the millions for their health/life back.
I hate big government and over-regulation but some safety measures need to be forced on people for their own good and the good of society as a whole.