From
where I sit it looks like the NFL is facing another headache...
Once
again former players are suing the league over allegations of
mistreatment of injuries. Just like the concussion issue, I'm really
of two minds on this. On the one hand players should be able to
trust the team doctors. I mean this is a doctor, right? Someone
dedicated to keeping people healthy and safe. He (or she) is
employed by the team to ensure that all the players are physically
fit to play. It make perfect sense. It also gives players someone
they know to talk to openly about their injuries. At least that's
how it should work. Just not necessarily in the NFL. At the same
time when does the athlete have to take responsibility for their own
actions? Didn't these players start to question things when they
were, as the suit alleges, lined up to receive powerful
anti-inflammatory injections in the buttocks just before kickoff? It
seems they didn't talk to family or friends outside of football to
see how normal people lived. The allure and pressure of professional
sports is clearly creating an untenable situation. Even if this
lawsuit is successful, there will be little change. There's simply
too much money involved.
At
least that's how I see it, and I sit in the cheap seats.
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