Dawson Sues NFL

Don't these players sign contracts full well knowing the risks of playing in contact sports?
These continuing lawsuits will be the end of all football as we know it. It will be as acceptable to put child in pads and a helmet as it is acceptable to smoke in a bar in California or anywhere in the U.S. for that matter.

 

Yeah I'm getting sick of these things. Like someone just said...they're signing up for a physical contact sport where you can get hurt in many ways. Banging your head into others/etc even with a helmet is still gonna hurt you sometimes...for crying out loud. Regardless if they withheld info...the players, their agents, families, etc should be smart enough to realize this on their own...wow. Just pathetic.

 

If he continues with the lawsuit and monetary compensation becomes awarded then he should be automatically ejected from the HOF. It may sound a bit harsh but what are you gonna say to your son or daughter when visiting.
Here is another Steelers great. Dermonti Dawson. Excellent career! One of the best Steelers Centers ever. Elected to the HOF 2012. Sued the same profession in 2012?

 

i understand knowing it is a contact sport and head injuries happen it is not like a smoker and cigarette companies.
i see it more as an employee working for a company and that company doesn't have the best safety program or even try to install the safest safety program or even better disclose to its workers that some aspects of their work is dot dot dot
yes i stand for the little guy even if they are 6' 8" 350

 

its about the money, plain and simple.

Cajun-

 

first responders at groundzero
should they be paid HELL YES
people knew of the dangers then too.
Dawson is doing what he can with the little leverage he has, but when more guys pile on to his side
THE SCALES OF JUSTICE TIP
good for him and all

 

Gees. That is such a stretch there, even in this sue happy nation of ours.
The average street vendor who went into those buildings on that horrific day to be a hero should be paid X amount of money for their heroics even though they are not safety personnel? Thats like the clowns fan jumping the fence and getting pummeled by and suing James Harrison.

If you come across a car accident and help the person survive but then get burned doing your good deed are you going sue the initial operator of the vehicle for having an accident in the first place? What if they don't have insurance? Are you gonna now make them homeless too?

If so, Boy we are a ruthless society.

 

WOW!!
so you're saying the firemen and women and officers who suffer because of their heroics on that day should get nothing??????
from the get go they should have gotten a dust mask and immediatley following a better respirator


who talking
weinie vendor? pfft

black lung was just a made up disease and so was asbestos PFFFT again

 

as far as a car accident
you seem to be one to do absolutley nothing

other than slow down to back traffic up and gaze
rubbernecking is against the law too

 

By your logic, A fireman/woman/police officer is a more important human being then the little weenie vendor. Yea, that makes sense. Whatever.
Don't try and save my butt some day..... You'd be going through a checklist while I burn to death.

 

Do some research on the subject and you will find that many players are not seeking financial compensation.

The NFL lied to players. The entire culture of the NFL demanded that players go back into games after suffering concussions.

http://www.nflconcussionslawsuit.com/2012/06/

 

as has been said these guys do know that signing up to play professional football means they can and will be injured. They can deal with blown out knees, bulging disks, torn shoulder cuffs and so on. However it wasn't till the late 80's and into the 90's when they started to reveal the long term effect of concussions and brain trauma. What they are talking about is full disclosure of the facts. No one told them that after their 4th or 5th concussion that they would have a variety of long term health issues. You can find many cases where the players were told by team doctors not to worry about it. They were cleared to play just days after sustaining a devastating hit to the head. Some were even discouraged from seeking an second opinion outside of the team doctor. So what they are doing is trying to raise awareness so kids like the FB(i believe it was) from Ohio State is given all the information about his possible health risks before choosing an NFL career and he chose his health where as some of the players suing like Dawson didn't have that option available to them.

 

Don't sign on the dotted line if you are afraid of the consequences.