How do you put a price tag on chronic traumatic encephalopathy?

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
09/06/2020 at 14:33 • Filed to: None

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ranwhenparked > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
09/06/2020 at 15:03

Not sure, but about $2.7 million per year seems to be the going rate

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
09/06/2020 at 15:19

Thanks for reminding me why I stopped reading anything on Deadspin.

I’d say the article was poorly researched, but in reality it just wasn’t researched.

The premise about racism against black quarterbacks is valid. It wouldn’t take much effort to present something more convincing than some generic hindsight that mainly proves that a lot of NFL teams are just bad at evaluating talent.

Also fuck the goddamn popups.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW
09/06/2020 at 15:39

All of that. Are there fewer white players willing to risk brain injury than there are Black players? I have issues with NFL/NBA generally as I think they exploit Black athletes. And intelligent people pay to advertise for the franchises so a few rich white men can get richer.

There. I’ll see your rant and give you one of my own.

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
09/06/2020 at 15:59

The NFL is far worse than the NBA, not that the NBA isn’t exploiting athletes too.

Lack of guaranteed contracts, much greater potential for life altering injuries, a pay structure that uses up many athletes before they can get paid, a gross shortage of black people in coaching and management roles, and a longstanding effort to stifle the voices of those that want to use their fame to drive social change. That’s the NFL.

DipodomysDeserti > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
09/06/2020 at 17:57

I offered to let the NFL exploit me, but in their words, I wasn’t talented enough. Now I get exploited for a lot less money.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > DipodomysDeserti
09/06/2020 at 18:03

I’m guessing you get a lot less exploited, and that you're plenty talented.

DipodomysDeserti > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
09/06/2020 at 19:05

I’ll take more exploitation for a few more million a year.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > DipodomysDeserti
09/06/2020 at 20:12

Not if it means CTE.

DipodomysDeserti > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
09/06/2020 at 20:42

I suffered several concussions playing football in high school, so the damage is probably already done. I’d definitely roll the dice for a couple of years if it meant those kind of payouts.

DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
09/06/2020 at 22:11

I don’t get why the NFL gets so much hate over CTE, it’s pretty much unavoidable at that level, unless you want to start putting a limit on how strong and fast players can be, there’s nothing you can really do to prevent it.

No one blames boxing leagues for boxers getting it , yet for some reason the NFL is culpable for injuries people get from a sport they didn’t create.