Tuesday, October 7, 2014
NFL
I read the article about how 76 out of 79 NFL players deceased found to have some type of brain disease. According to the article most of the brain disease seem to come from multiple brain injuries especially concussions. The brain disease that is refer to in this article is called CTE. What my understanding is that the NFL wants this type of information to disappear as fast as it can along with all the talk , lawsuits and media attention on the concussion issue. I think for a long time the NFL knew all to well about all of this at hand, but what it came down to in my strong opinion was the all mighty dollar. Such as selling more tickets , jersey, memorabilia, advertising, and TV revenue. So if the super star player was not there playing , why would people go to see the third string team. The best example at this present moment would be Adrian Peterson. At first he was out for a ACL injury ticket sales dipped a bit, but when he came back to almost breaking a single season rushing record to miss it by a few yards, ticket sales climbed. Now he is in trouble for a domestic dispute over his own child, ticket revenue, jersey sales, marking share and endorsement deals down or gone because he is been cut/put on the inactive roster. So tell my if it is not about the all mighty $. This is why the NFL has given people / ex-players a certain amount of time to op-out of a class action law suit. If they don't op-out they get say 4 million instead of suing on their own and who knows what they get. Like the song says its all about the money , money for the NFL ( owners ) and not about the players .
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Everything comes down to the all might dollar. Even how we vote. and thank you for putting that song in my head. :)
ReplyDeleteI have a hard time with the players suing the NFL for these events. To me that is like the family of a cop suing a police department because their police officer family member got shot. I work for a financial institution, my company prepares us by helping us to train on what to do if we get robbed, should I sue my company if I ever get robbed and it creates so much stress and fear that I can no longer work and have to stay in my home? I think it is a bunch of people looking for a free hand out. Yes the NFL is about money it is a business, they are paid performers. Those chose to work their no one forced them to. They get paid large sums of money and their are consequences positive and negative for everything we do. We weigh out the pros and cons and choose whether or not we do that action. Why do the players get off without any responsibility. I knew at a young age if I injure my head I could have brain damage. I do not need my employer to tell me that. Common sense, maybe we should get paid based on that.
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