Lions were playing Browns in the Pontiac Silverdome (this was before the Browns defected to Baltimore). Someone got the bright idea to see what would happen if Johnny Morton returned punts.

On paper this was a great idea. Morton had great hands and incredible speed. What happened however … Johnny Morton didn’t remember to raise his hand for a fair catch. He got nailed, full speed, within a half second of catching the ball.

Kablam! doesn’t even come close to describing what happened!

That hit goes beyond being a highlight video. It should be an instructional video about the consequences of not calling a fair catch!

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Out of the many words in your post, this is the only relevant idea. It does not matter if the NFL announced they were shutting down the NFL altogether and distributing half the proceeds of cashing out to all current and former NFL players (and water boys).

This is a legal battle, and there would be proceedings to pursue the remaining half. Shakespeare said it so well, so long ago. “First thing we do”……………….

I am sick of the players getting things every way they want it. They knew the risks and played anyway.

The NFL needs to dramatically reduce player salaries due to the potential for future lawsuits on behalf of the players.

I am going to sue former NFL players for causing physical and emotional anguish for their actions on the field.

I will sue Neil O’Donnell for throwing 2 INTs vs Dallas in SBXXX.

I will sue every player who has been suspended for drug use, for off the field actions that resulted in suspensions, and players who have tweeted things that I do not agree with.

Let’s see how they like being sued by multiple parties.

A few points to consider the issues more deeply:

-The NFL never wanted head injuries to be a hot topic in the media because football and head injuries probably go hand in hand in a way nobody can prevent without destroying the game

-The NFL, of all its assets and employees, has the least control over what their players can say. Talking more about concussions with players is synonymous with talking more about concussions with the media and thus, the general public.

-The legal team for the players aren’t foolish…ethically, they know they can’t hold the NFL as responsible as their litigation suggests for the medical impact of playing football. However, it is fair to say that the NFL has made no attempt to make everyone and their mothers as aware as possible about concussions in order to protect their game and therefore profits. In order for that scheme to work, the players either must continue to not be fully aware, or they most join the NFL in their game of hush-hush.

-The purpose of this lawsuit likely evolved out of the NFL’s refusal to throw the players an extra bone or two, in the form of post-career medical coverage and other amenities, as they chose instead to try and institute safety precautions in the Goodell era.

-This legal battle, therefore, is the players showing a lack of cooperation until the NFL comes back to the table and finds a way to bring the players back into the fold, and place head injuries out of the spotlight in the media.

Is it a naive strategy? By both sides? Is it too late for the concussion thing to go away? I don’t know, but I have a strong hunch that this is apart of what is going on.

I absolutely believe there are some former players whose lives were ruined by the brain trauma they suffered while playing football.

I believe just as strongly that a lot of these players are jumping onto the bandwagon and filing their own lawsuits only because they’ve run out of money and have no other prospects.

1. They demonstrate that they were willing to take KNOWN risks to play the sport, so the nonsense that the NFL duped them is, well, nonsense.

2. How can their “health issues” be attributed to the sport when they juiced their body with drugs that produce unknown consequences.

This is starting to tee me off.