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<blockquote data-quote="HyponGrey" data-source="post: 499388" data-attributes="member: 6441"><p>Technically the league years ago could have claimed that the players were independant contractors and not have to pay any of it. Not the case anymore. As we learn the long term effects of football, we find certain conditions that have a definite direct link to football. Those conditions should be at least partially covered by the team that the player spent the most time on/received the primary damage that caused the condition. The league already pays the players exorbitant amounts and goes beyond most business practice on certain matters of coverage after retirement. The one thing I disagree with is players filing in Cal if their primary team was not based in Cal at the time they played, or at the very least if they did not spend time on a roster for a team in Cal. I see why they do it though, and empathize. In truth I am torn about this because of my love for the players, but this is also a business, and I don't want to see the league taken advantage of or bankrupted. The two are separate (before I get jumped on). We see that the teams have this money, but what about the long term prospectus? Much the way the one Dolphins stadium bankrupted the man who built it, the man whose name it no longer bears, this suit could put the future of the league in jeopardy. Something I desperately do not want to see happen. I know my perspective is limited, and a bit naive, but that is the way I see things as a kid in his 20's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HyponGrey, post: 499388, member: 6441"] Technically the league years ago could have claimed that the players were independant contractors and not have to pay any of it. Not the case anymore. As we learn the long term effects of football, we find certain conditions that have a definite direct link to football. Those conditions should be at least partially covered by the team that the player spent the most time on/received the primary damage that caused the condition. The league already pays the players exorbitant amounts and goes beyond most business practice on certain matters of coverage after retirement. The one thing I disagree with is players filing in Cal if their primary team was not based in Cal at the time they played, or at the very least if they did not spend time on a roster for a team in Cal. I see why they do it though, and empathize. In truth I am torn about this because of my love for the players, but this is also a business, and I don't want to see the league taken advantage of or bankrupted. The two are separate (before I get jumped on). We see that the teams have this money, but what about the long term prospectus? Much the way the one Dolphins stadium bankrupted the man who built it, the man whose name it no longer bears, this suit could put the future of the league in jeopardy. Something I desperately do not want to see happen. I know my perspective is limited, and a bit naive, but that is the way I see things as a kid in his 20's. [/QUOTE]
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