Posted on 04/18/2016 12:56:16 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
$1 billion concussion lawsuit against NFL upheld
By Afp
Published: 14:07 EST, 18 April 2016 | Updated: 14:08 EST, 18 April 2016
The estimated $1 billion (0.88 billion euros) settlement agreed by the National Football League and players who sued for compensation over concussions was upheld on Monday by a federal appeals court.
A three-judge panel of the US Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia gave unanimous approval to the deal which was inked in April last year in a landmark ruling.
A group of players had objected to the terms of the settlement, with lawyers arguing it does not provide adequate compensation for victims of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disease which has been found in several deceased players' brains but is impossible to diagnose in living people.
However in upholding the terms of the settlement, judge Thomas Ambro wrote in a 69-page ruling that the deal was "imperfect but fair."
"It is the nature of a settlement that some will be dissatisfied with the ultimate result," wrote Ambro, describing the deal as "a testament to the players, researchers, and advocates who have worked to expose the true human costs of a sport so many love. Though not perfect, it is fair."
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I watched last year’s super bowl and that is the first NFL game I have watched in maybe 30 years.
I used to love it but in those days we had a different kind of player.
The thing that should alarm the NFL is that we’re seeing a lot of players walk away from the game in their 20s when they still have a lot of years left in them.
Heck if I were an NFL player, I’d play for one big contract, save the money, and get out.
A billion dollars to the NFL is like a thousand to most folks.
It’s spread out over like 10 years. By NFL revenue standards it’s negligible. Which is kind of frightening actually.
What should concern the NFL is the fact that kids today are not into the NFL like we were, when they reach their 20s, that’s the target demographic for the NFL, and they simply won’t be there. Just as we’ve seen with baseball.
This is the death knell of the NFL.
In ten years there will be no football, American style.
It will have been bankrupted, by design, as the last vestige of a unique America culture.
It will be replaced by European style soccer teams, which is also known as “football”.
After all, someone has to pay for all those stadiums.
Even soccer is looking at getting rid of heading the ball out of concussion fears.
And having the ghetto-culture permeate the game hasn't helped matters.
They're losing me too. The refs call a penalty on nearly every single play. The game has gotten tedious and boring.
The problem is that the quality of soccer played here in the US will pale in comparison to how it’s played in Europe. We don’t exactly have an FC Barcelona here.
There’s a certain ghetto culture element in the NBA also.
I gave up on the NFL years ago.
I’m happy that very few Black guys know how to ice skate.
Yeah the owners are going to allow contracts that make that possible. Eventually contracts will take early retirement into consideration.
Of course, and NBA attendance has been steadily dropping.
There’s a certain ghetto culture element in the NBA also.
You Think ?
No,
Really?
Due in no small part to the Miami Hurricanes and ESPN.
Of course the big contract is the second contract. Especially with the new CBA that has a ladder for rookie contracts. And most NFL players never get to the second contract. NFL careers are short, the half a dozen guys who’ve quit on their own are a drop in the bucket compared to the number of guys dumped less than 4 years into their career.
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