Antwan Randel-El can't walk down stairs

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(01-24-2016, 02:33 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: If they didn't get paid hazzard pay to play I would have some sympathy for these guys.   But the compensation merits the risk.   It's not like the old days where players actually had offseason jobs.

You know the vast majority of NFL players have concussions before they even step onto an NFL field, most of them don't sign bazillion dollar contracts, and most of them don't play for decades.  I'm not telling you to feel bad for these guys like they are toddles with cancer, but your attitude towards this just smacks of some sort of "Serves you right!" sort of envy or something.

Maybe I'm reading too much into it.  I just think we may as well sit here and discuss how people who smoke deserve to get lung cancer, or how fitting it is when a fat guy drops dead while his children are still in grade school.  I'm supposed to thank some veteran in a wheelchair for paying the price for my freedom, but I'm not supposed to thank an NFL player who can't walk for paying the price for my entertainment? They both got paid more than burger-flippers, so fudge 'em, right?

But hey, compensation merits the risk...according to what?  Mike Webster dying homeless and mindless for the glory of 4 rings?  Meh, times have changed and we know more now but when I signed up for football in 8th grade I assure you the coach didn't sit us down and say "Ok, playing this sport might alter your brain to the point where you may kill yourself or others someday, so be warned."