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Amen, Terry Bradshaw

29 November 2009

Dr No's NFL BandaidsThe NFL doesn’t seem to care about their active players and they despise the retired players! All they offer is lip service to serious, life-changing head injuries. Unless a player is carried off the field on national TV, it’s almost impossible for a retired player to access his earned disability benefits. And his Union is nowhere to be seen when it comes to representing him. The NFL disability system has been illegal and it violates ERISA Law as well as their own plan document!

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell continues to come up with ridiculous and meaningless benefits that offer little or nothing in an effort to continue misleading Congress. However, judging from his performance last month in Washington DC, this scheme doesn’t seem to be working any more. Maxine Waters told Roger Goodell, “It is time to remove the antitrust exemption from the NFL.”

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I was watching this recent discussion (3:37) from FOX Sports on concussions – Terry Bradshaw says it all:

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ABC’s Martin Bashir and Roxanna Sherwood did a piece on NFL brain concussions on Friday night’s NIGHTLINE. From their post online:

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“Football players are getting bigger. The game is getting faster. Now, the chorus of concern is getting louder. At least four recent studies have raised serious questions about the impact of pro football on the brains of players. But are they being driven mad by the game?

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