Ex-players suing the NFL for negligence

From what I have read football helmets were designed to stop players from fracturing their skulls but not designed to reduce concussions. Obviously more work needs done on helmet design.

I also wonder why they are just hitting the NFL & Riddel, why not the NCAA, each players specific college and high school? Surely concussions happened there as well.

From what I have read football helmets were designed to stop players from fracturing their skulls but not designed to reduce concussions. Obviously more work needs done on helmet design.

I also wonder why they are just hitting the NFL & Riddel, why not the NCAA, each players specific college and high school? Surely concussions happened there as well.

The (MTBIC) Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee was established by the NFL in 1994 to study the risk of long-term brain injury to players. The suit contends that the committee published "false, distorted and deceiving" findings that the risk was minimal in order to deceive Congress, players and the public.

The NFL only warned active players in June 2010 of the risks associated with multiple concussions and Riddell failed to warn active players until around the same time, the suit claims.

The NFL has never warned past players, according to the suit.

I'll probly get jumped but would'nt you think the players knew also,I mean I know if I drive my car into a wall at 100mph......I might get hurt,so why do it?And then I go after the people who made the car for not making me do it?

Well think about it. You want to make the team, prove to the coaches that you will do everything possible you can to be the best player you can be, and you're probably not thinking about your future as much as you're thinking about the present. They probably knew the dangers too and chose to ignore them, so the blame is partly on them too.

I don't really know why...but this kind of reminds me of the McDonald's "coffee is too hot" lawsuit

YES.....it does

From what I have read football helmets were designed to stop players from fracturing their skulls but not designed to reduce concussions. Obviously more work needs done on helmet design.

I also wonder why they are just hitting the NFL & Riddel, why not the NCAA, each players specific college and high school? Surely concussions happened there as well.

In filing lawsuits, it pays to name as defendants as many entities as you can so long as they have "deep pockets". Most high schools do not have "deep pockets". I suspect that has as much to do with the decision here as anything else.

By the way, if the NFL and the NFLPA are serious about reducing concussions - - not eliminating them but reducing them - - they will go back to leather helmets with no face guards.

I don't really know why...but this kind of reminds me of the McDonald's "coffee is too hot" lawsuit

To me,this is more like the Lawm mower lawsuit.If you buy a mower you'll see a warning ..."not to put your hands under the mowing deck while the moter is running"!!! What happen was some idiot tried to lift his mower up to trim his hedges....well take a guess, and he sued and won.

In filing lawsuits, it pays to name as defendants as many entities as you can so long as they have "deep pockets". Most high schools do not have "deep pockets". I suspect that has as much to do with the decision here as anything else.

By the way, if the NFL and the NFLPA are serious about reducing concussions - - not eliminating them but reducing them - - they will go back to leather helmets with no face guards.

That's kind of my point, its all about the $ and not really about the concussions.

In filing lawsuits, it pays to name as defendants as many entities as you can so long as they have "deep pockets". Most high schools do not have "deep pockets". I suspect that has as much to do with the decision here as anything else.

By the way, if the NFL and the NFLPA are serious about reducing concussions - - not eliminating them but reducing them - - they will go back to leather helmets with no face guards.

Mike Ditka has been preaching a similar thing for years........

I don't really know why...but this kind of reminds me of the McDonald's "coffee is too hot" lawsuit
Difference is McDonalds is not telling the customers to spill it on themselves. In football the players are doing what is asked of them and using the protective equipment provided to do that job.