PFT: NFL reaches $765 million settlement in concussion lawsuit...

[gr8slayer]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/08/29/nfl-reaches-765-million-settlement-in-concussion-lawsuit/

In a dramatic development staving off what could have been years of costly litigation, the NFL has settled lawsuits brought by thousands of former players over brain injuries suffered on the field.

[Lone Stranger]

Re: PFT: NFL reaches $765 million settlement in concussion lawsuit...

I wonder how much the attorneys made?

[stuckincincy]

Re: PFT: NFL reaches $765 million settlement in concussion lawsuit...

I wonder how much the attorneys made?

A bundle, I'm sure.

Whatever...like all business expenses, wage rises, taxes, etc., it will be passed on to the end purchaser. That's how the market works.

[MikeInRoch]

Re: PFT: NFL reaches $765 million settlement in concussion lawsuit...

I'm surprised the number is that low.

[gr8slayer]

Re: PFT: NFL reaches $765 million settlement in concussion lawsuit...

Does the NFL ever lose in a dispute?

I'm surprised the number is that low.

[OpIv37]

Re: PFT: NFL reaches $765 million settlement in concussion lawsuit...

Good for the ex players.

I just wonder how $765 million is going to make the NFL wussify the game even further to avoid this happening again.

[gr8slayer]

Re: PFT: NFL reaches $765 million settlement in concussion lawsuit...

The game is about a decade away from becoming completely unwatchable.

Good for the ex players.

I just wonder how $765 million is going to make the NFL wussify the game even further to avoid this happening again.

[trapezeus]

Re: PFT: NFL reaches $765 million settlement in concussion lawsuit...

are future players who have brain injuries covered under this settlement? and are you all ready for 20% increases in NFL ticket and actual game day tickets and $50 for a t-shirt? Those days are just around the corner. becaues the guy making 25MM a year as the commissioner and ****ing destroys the tapes of the biggest scandal in league history doesn't have a dime to spare.

[stuckincincy]

Re: PFT: NFL reaches $765 million settlement in concussion lawsuit...

Good for the ex players.

I just wonder how $765 million is going to make the NFL wussify the game even further to avoid this happening again.

Lem Barney:

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/18/sports/la-sp-sn-lem-barney-20130618

Lem Barney after your pals got to him:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/22444605/hall-of-famer-lem-barney-sorry-for-deadly-comments

[coastal]

Re: PFT: NFL reaches $765 million settlement in concussion lawsuit...

Hockey is way cooler anyways.

[sukie]

Re: PFT: NFL reaches $765 million settlement in concussion lawsuit...

Good for the ex players.

I just wonder how $765 million is going to make the NFL wussify the game even further to avoid this happening again.

Seems to me that the fines for "going high" when tackling are destined to cause guys more and more to go "low" and I predict many many more knee injuries. I would bet that players would rahter take a chance on a concussion rahter than a knee blowout. I would .

[PTI]

Re: PFT: NFL reaches $765 million settlement in concussion lawsuit...

Seems to me that the fines for "going high" when tackling are destined to cause guys more and more to go "low" and I predict many many more knee injuries. I would bet that players would rahter take a chance on a concussion rahter than a knee blowout. I would .

Defense gets 12 players on the field but cannot go low or high!!!!!!!!!! hahaha

Seriously, knees will be next.

[stuckincincy]

Re: PFT: NFL reaches $765 million settlement in concussion lawsuit...

Hockey is way cooler anyways.

Not since after the strike and all the rule changes it isn't. What a shell of its former self...so sad.

[DraftBoy]

Re: PFT: NFL reaches $765 million settlement in concussion lawsuit...

Hockey is way cooler anyways.

Hockey won't be far behind either.

[DetDannyWilliams]

Re: PFT: NFL reaches $765 million settlement in concussion lawsuit...

Joe D was one of the players who spearheaded the fight in the process and get a negotiation hammered out