I reiterate… the judge has said multiple times she wants to rule in favor of vilma. Shes had a long time to do it, but hasnt. I wonder why that is?

bengalsfan513 says:
Aug 30, 2012 12:27 PM
If the NFL had a program in place that took care of its veterans after retirement, there wouldnt be lawsuits, but instead the NFL disregards its former players.

All players love the game and NFL, but when they dont get the love back from the NFL it makes these players decision much easier to sue what i call there crappy father

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The players have had retirement benefits for quite sometime which are quite generous. They also recently expanded the retired players medical benefits significantly in the last CBA.

This isn’t about the ex-players standing up for what’s right. This is about the ex-players being broke because they couldn’t manage their money. Perhaps they should be suing the colleges for allowing them to graduate without attending the classes?
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AMEN Brother AMEN

Don’t give a man a fish teach him how to fish

All players love the game and NFL, but when they dont get the love back from the NFL it makes these players decision much easier to sue what i call there crappy father

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The players have had retirement benefits for quite sometime which are quite generous. They also recently expanded the retired players medical benefits significantly in the last CBA.

This isn’t about the ex-players standing up for what’s right. This is about the ex-players being broke because they couldn’t manage their money. Perhaps they should be suing the colleges for allowing them to graduate without attending the classes?

If the union thought it was important to have better retirement health benefits they would have fought for it. See the thing about having a union is that the company will not give anything extra, nor should they. They bargained for their compensation, including retirement benefits, and have no one to blame but themselves.

The average player plays three years there are 1696 players in the league that means every twenty one years that come out to about 11872 players they would have to give continued medical care to.

Where did you work when you were between 22- 28 years old? Are they still giving you medical care from the days you worked for them. Yes it’s sad what they put their bodies through, but they get paid well to do it. Lets face it they get some of the best medical care while they are on a team.

They decided to stay quiet and keep on playing because they thought it would cost them their position. Sorry but you don’t get it both ways.

All players love the game and NFL, but when they dont get the love back from the NFL it makes these players decision much easier to sue what i call there crappy father

That’s funny, when I was younger (and not *that* much younger) concussions were a non-issue in football. If you gut your bell rung, you shook it off and got back into the game. IMHO it’s only been the last ten years or so where the real long term effects of brain trauma are becoming known.

I predict most of the media etc side with owners. The public has been convinced to demonize labor for years now just like with the lockout ppl will ironically call the players rich and greedy while ignoring that the owners make more money than god and they did it by stiffing these players for years without letting them know the depth of risks.

As for what one agrees under a contract, I’ll say it again: while a contract is a legal document, it is not the US Constitution. If anything under a contract is interpreted by a judge to not be in accordance with the US Constitution, guess what happens?

And again, I reiterate: the judge in the Vilma case is NOT a New Orleans judge. She is a FEDERAL judge, born and raised in New York.

The NFL is issuing talking points and fining men with integrity for being honest about people who govern their safety in games…

What does the NFL shield stand for? Politics and BS?

2. My second point is something you’ve put in this article that can go back to the judge who’s sitting on the bounty case in New Orleans. If two federal judges, plus the judges last week in the DJ Williams case are saying that they are bound to follow grievance procedures set by the collective bargaining agreements between the players and the league, why then is this judge in New Orleans wanting so badly, are as you, to issue an order suspending the suspensions of the players involved in that case. Surely, all of these rulings should tell her–plus you–something. The players and the league AGREED to certain disciplinary procedures, plus knowing the commisioner is the all seeing authority in doling out discipline in multiple CBAs. So now why are they hoping a judge tries to set a precedent?