Oh ok, totally got it now.

During career = complain about protective gear.

After career = SUE about long-term injuries.

Fixed it for ya.

i’m still waiting for the robo cop uniform then women can join the league too.

Jammer says this now because he is earning a large salary. If he has a career ending injury, he will stand in line with the other players suing the league for not protecting them against concussions.

There I said it!

Until I took an arrow to the knee

How come Randy Moss is still able to walk?

At the same time, the NFL players deserve nothing. Equipment was developed BECAUSE it prevented injury. Compare what they wear now to the past. Knee, thigh, hip, and rib pads along with substantial shoulder pads were NORMAL. The current players don’t want to use the available equipment because they want their butts to look good on TV, fine. Let them live with the consequences with no chance of suing later. SCREWM.

BTW: It is time to do away with the hip-hugger pants as well. Trust me guys, seeing your azz crack is not “enhancing” my experience as a viewer.

Most of these guys are embarrassingly undereducated, and aren’t of any use to ANYBODY while injured, but especially the men paying their salary.

If the safety committee believes these pads can protect their investment in your fleeting athleticism, then do it, because no one else is going to pay you to do anything.

How many times have we read a team member missed time because of a “deep thigh bruise” or a “hip pointer” or a “knee contusion”. Wanna guess why these pads were invented?

Maybe, but chronic, repeated injuries to the same area of a player’s body take their toll, and sometimes end careers early.

Sincerely,

Gale Sayers and Jim Brown

When will the players realize that they are employees (investments)? In the military, we call the “safety” gear PPE (personal protection equipment), and we, too, are investments to our boss. I’ve never played in the NFL, as I am sure that none of the current NFL players have fought in a TRUE war. Suck it up, shut your mouth, and play on Sundays, and eventually on Saturdays and Thursdays. The League will invest in companies to create the high tech, thin, “like-they’re-not-there-pads”, while guys taking real fire have been needing better gear and protection for over a decade soaked in the horror of TRUE war. You make an enormous amount of money…roll with some punches.
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rmavs as a former army medic, I can state with certainty that any blunt force trauma such as that incurred with such violent force as inherent in pro football, can, and has resulted in deep vein thrombosis (DVT) which is a blood clot (thrombophlebitis) that in turn frequently develops into phlebitis (inflammation of a vein). Phlebitis can be either deep or superficial. More often than not, it is deep from such trauma.

On the other hand, deep vein thrombosis of the upper and lower extremities can be a more serious problem that can lead to a blood clot traveling to the blood vessels of the lungs and resulting in pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary embolism can injure lung tissue, is serious, and occasionally fatal.

It can present with chest pain and shortness of breath and is a life-threatening condition. More than 90% of pulmonary emboli arise from the legs.

Post-phlebitic syndrome can occur after a deep vein thrombosis. The affected leg can become chronically swollen and painful with skin color changes and ulcer formation around the foot and ankle. This is a very serious condition. Unfortunately, many football players are not attuned to the medical aspects of what they consider “not serious” injuries and can do themselves more harm than good by adopting a cavalier attitude that, in the end, could cost them their lives if not reported in a timely manner.

Fortunately, on the other hand, they have the benefit of astute medical staffs that will treat that condition before, during, or after complications arise with compression stockings which are routinely used, prophylactic early and low doses of heparin or enoxaparin, and, believe it or not, frequent ambulation (walking) to prevent the formation of blood clots.

Bruises to the lower leg should not be taken as lightly as Jarret Johnson would have you believe. Ignorance is a deadly enemy.

I played college ball as a running back. Once you get past the line of scrimmage you cut the first defensive player you see. Blocking 101.

Jarrett, you are obviously at a WAY higher level I ever played in but you never got cut at the legs?

By no way do I believe added leg pads would be the end all for injuries but they can’t hurt to wear them. Regardless of the reason the owners are throwing this out there I just do not get the push back. It’s no big deal. Thigh and knee pads weigh nothing and are scalable. They do not infringe on mobility.

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Jammer said that, he is a corner.

9/10 people who comment on these articles were on the debate team in HS lmao. Yet they feel competent enough to tell NFL players what to do.
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I was on the debate team in HS. I also played football, in HS and college. I’m guessing you also believe that women can’t be attractive and smart at the same time, right?

As far as Mr Johnson is concerned, I would encourage him to talk to EJ Henderson about thigh pads.