Frontline: NFL League of Denial = EPIC.....NFL front offices = pieces of shit

[Big Chiro Flex]

I think we can all agree that what's needed here is some good ole government intervention. They managed to solve the MLB issues.

[Lexus II]

Here is the link to watch it on line.  Just do it.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/league-of-denial/

[arce1988]

  Country of denial.

[tommywishbone]

Who cares, they're overpaid assholes.

Lol who wouldn't expect brain damage from repeated, high speed collisions to the head

This.    Fuck, by the time I was playing High School football I KNEW it was incredibly unheathly to get hit in the head. Having a headache for two days just seemed inherently dangerous.

[Shockwave]

Those guya literally get paid millions to play a high risk game... they know the stakes, no different than boxers being all fucked up at the end of their careers.  Dont weep for them. They know exactly what they do and many times will beg and plead to get put into games when they know theyre fucked up.

theyre modern day gladiators.  They know their role

[POB]

I keep on hearing shit about the future of football being in jeopardy and whites not letting their kids play.  Big deal.  there are thousand and thousands of blacks lining up to play, there is a big mill of black kids for generations to come willing to knock heads to make millions.

As long as your team has a white qb and coach your good

[Royalty]

I remember when Brock Lesnar was Heavy-Weight champ of the UFC, Jim Rome asked him which sport is more dangerous: UFC or NFL

Brock said that the NFL was more dangerous. He said that your life is on the line each week in the NFL (and he only played pre-season)

[Mr Nobody]

350 lb fat lineman waiting on a heart attack at 35.

[The Abdominal Snoman]

Put the Great Gazoo helmet on these guys and be done with it. Sure it will look funny for awhile but it would become the norm within a year...

[The Abdominal Snoman]

Put the Great Gazoo helmet on these guys and be done with it. Sure it will look funny for awhile but it would become the norm within a year...

With these type of helmets, they can go back to allowing hits to the head which would make the game more exciting IMOP...

[The Abdominal Snoman]

Imagine if they used the points on top the helmet during a tackle

lol

[The Ugly]

Feel bad for Junior Seau. Poor guy probably suffered from concussion-related depression. Not sure what the NFL is supposed to do about it, though. Dissolve?

[Shockwave]

Feel bad for Junior Seau. Poor guy probably suffered from concussion-related depression. Not sure what the NFL is supposed to do about it, though. Dissolve?

nothing. They shoukd do nothing but let safety gear evolve.  These guys get paid millions to get hit repeatedly in the head, and they know it. Just like f1 drivers. Safety gear evolves with the sport, the sport shouldn't have to fundamentally change because someone figured out getting hit on the head fucks you up.

[The Ugly]

nothing. They shoukd do nothing but let safety gear evolve.  These guys get paid millions to get hit repeatedly in the head, and they know it. Just like f1 drivers. Safety gear evolves with the sport, the sport shouldn't have to fundamentally change because someone figured out getting hit on the head fucks you up.

Ok, fair enough.

[Shockwave]

Ok, fair enough.

sorry, wasnt meant as a snap at you. Im just irritated that I canr fall asleep, and because so many people act so outraged like these guys are poor innocent children that have no idea that getting your face smashed in dozens or hundreds of times per year has negative side effects.

thatd be like me volunteering for the infantry, getting my ass shot or blown up, and then complaining that I had no fucking idea what I was getting into. I knew exactly what what I was volunteering for.... we knew the stakes. Everyone has their own reasons but theyre all there willingly.

They get paid millions to sacrifice their health to entertain people and play a game for a living. Thats the deal they have made.
Should they strive to make the game safer? Absolutely.  Should the core fundamentals of the game suffer? Fuck no warrior, not unless those guys want to drop their salaries significantly.

Just my humble opinion, breh.

[The Ugly]

so many people act so outraged like these guys are poor innocent children that have no idea that getting your face smashed in dozens or hundreds of times per year has negative side effects.

No, I agree that they certainly assume the risks. Still, I find it kinda depressing that some of these guys end up losing their minds when they are still fairly young. Aikman probably has a horrible road ahead, and it just seems sad. Not that anyone but Aikman is responsible, but still sad.

[Shockwave]

No, I agree that they certainly assume the risks. Still, I find it kinda depressing that some of these guys end up losing their minds when they are still fairly young. Aikman probably has a horrible road ahead, and it just seems sad. Not that anyone but Aikman is responsible, but still sad.

I know you werent displaying that attitude. ... its been on display everywhere though, and it pisses me off. The news anchors, and there shocked indignation

 "you mean pro football can/will cause health iasues for many players after their career is over!? Say it aint so Joe! Those poor, poor sad multimillionaires that begged to be put in on the game winning drive with their 3rd concussion so they could immortalize themselves as a superbowl winner.... how could you ever let them play?! Youre a monster, NFL! Now gooddell, change shit because fans clearly want to watch a more boring, watered down game while these guys salaries continue to skyrocket, until were literally playing touch football while the QB can just stand in the back and not need a line to defend him."

Sorry, im in dick mode tonight. I fucking hate people man... guy at my work bitches that these poor guys are getting destroyed rhen turns around  talks about how awesome that hit was that Sherman laid on that guy.

Fuck. People.

[The Ugly]

I hear ya, guy.

[Master Blaster]

I think we can all agree that what's needed here is some good ole government intervention. They managed to solve the MLB issues.

Hahahah!!!