Wow! Is it just us or did January whiz right by and now we’re already heading into February and the Superbowl? Here’s a roundup of some items to close off the month.
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Next Congressional Hearing in Houston Feb. 1st
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The 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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