Comments on: Brain Injury Law Passes In Washington http://davepear.com/blog/2009/05/brain-injury-law-washington/ • the unofficial blog for independent football veterans • Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:55:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dave Pear http://davepear.com/blog/2009/05/brain-injury-law-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-15436 Dave Pear Tue, 19 May 2009 14:16:10 +0000 http://davepear.com/blog/?p=2080#comment-15436 <img src="http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2008/01/29/PH2008012901050.jpg" alt="Dave Pear" /> <strong>Note:</strong> "<em>Zackery Lystedt is still in a wheelchair and cannot stand on his own. Zackery is in need of 100% homecare.</em>" Dave Dave Pear
Note:

“Zackery Lystedt is still in a wheelchair and cannot stand on his own. Zackery is in need of 100% homecare.”

Dave

]]> By: Dave Pear http://davepear.com/blog/2009/05/brain-injury-law-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-15327 Dave Pear Sat, 16 May 2009 21:08:38 +0000 http://davepear.com/blog/?p=2080#comment-15327 <img src="http://davepear.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/superbowlsack1-237x300.jpg" alt="Dave Pear rushes Ron Jaworski" /> Kyle, The NFLPA may privately acknowledge there is a problem and they may even want it to go away. However, they are unwilling to return the money they illegally swindled and stole from retired players and their families. Until the NFLPA has a legitimate disability system and a pension that matches baseball, this dark cloud hanging over them will only become darker as more and more retired players come forward and tell their stories! Sincerely, Dave Pear NFL 1975-80 Pro Bowl 1978 Super Bowl XV (teammate of Gene Upshaw) Social Security Disability Dave Pear rushes Ron Jaworski
Kyle,

The NFLPA may privately acknowledge there is a problem and they may even want it to go away.

However, they are unwilling to return the money they illegally swindled and stole from retired players and their families.

Until the NFLPA has a legitimate disability system and a pension that matches baseball, this dark cloud hanging over them will only become darker as more and more retired players come forward and tell their stories!

Sincerely,
Dave Pear
NFL 1975-80
Pro Bowl 1978
Super Bowl XV (teammate of Gene Upshaw)
Social Security Disability

]]> By: Kyle http://davepear.com/blog/2009/05/brain-injury-law-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-15321 Kyle Sat, 16 May 2009 17:19:28 +0000 http://davepear.com/blog/?p=2080#comment-15321 <img src="http://sportsmed.starwave.com/media/nfl/2001/0104/photo/s_turley2_i.jpg" alt="Kyle Turley" /> The question is... How many more guys have to die before they acknowledge that there is a problem? Kyle Kyle Turley
The question is…

How many more guys have to die before they acknowledge that there is a problem?

Kyle

]]> By: Dave Pear http://davepear.com/blog/2009/05/brain-injury-law-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-15260 Dave Pear Fri, 15 May 2009 02:28:51 +0000 http://davepear.com/blog/?p=2080#comment-15260 <img src="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2008/01/23/2004141678.jpg" alt="Dave Pear" /> A concussion is a brain injury and ALL brain injuries are serious! How can The Retirement Board and Disability Claims Committee continue to reject disability applications from retired players who suffer from concussions which are brain injuries? Unless a player experiences a serious injury on national TV and is carried off the field on a stretcher, his chances of receiving a disability benefit are slim to none. When a player does apply for disability, they're sent to a doctor selected by the NFL <strong>(the retired player even has to provide his own transportation to and from the doctor and pay for this examination!)</strong> and 98% of the time this doctor makes an employment decision that the injured player can do "sedentary" work. What does that mean? Is this doctor qualified to make employment decisions? And just exactly what kind of "sedentary jobs" are they referring to ? I guess being a poor homeless guy sitting on the corner with a tin cup would qualify according to their definition? Nobody will answer these questions. Regards, Dave Pear Dave Pear
A concussion is a brain injury and ALL brain injuries are serious!

How can The Retirement Board and Disability Claims Committee continue to reject disability applications from retired players who suffer from concussions which are brain injuries?

Unless a player experiences a serious injury on national TV and is carried off the field on a stretcher, his chances of receiving a disability benefit are slim to none.

When a player does apply for disability, they’re sent to a doctor selected by the NFL (the retired player even has to provide his own transportation to and from the doctor and pay for this examination!) and 98% of the time this doctor makes an employment decision that the injured player can do “sedentary” work. What does that mean? Is this doctor qualified to make employment decisions? And just exactly what kind of “sedentary jobs” are they referring to ? I guess being a poor homeless guy sitting on the corner with a tin cup would qualify according to their definition?

Nobody will answer these questions.

Regards,
Dave Pear

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