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Topic: Junior Seau´s family sues NFL |
Junior Seau´s family sues NFL
Associated Press, by Staff
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Original Article
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 1/23/2013 1:16:55 PM
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| The family of Junior Seau has sued the NFL, claiming the former linebacker´s suicide was the result of brain disease caused by violent hits he sustained while playing football. The wrongful death lawsuit, filed Wednesday in California Superior Court in San Diego, blames the NFL for its "acts or omissions" that hid the dangers of repetitive blows to the head. It says Seau developed chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) from those hits, and accuses the NFL of deliberately ignoring and concealing evidence of the risks associated with traumatic brain injuries.
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Comments:
And so it begins. Rush has been right that the liberals also want to destroy football. How long before it is banned? When will the savior 0bama step in? I do feel sorry for the family, but I trust nothing anymore that the media feeds us.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Cor-vet, 1/23/2013 1:22:33 PM (No. 9134563)
They should be sued for forcing him to play football for obscene amounts of money!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
GreatGreyhounds, 1/23/2013 1:24:29 PM (No. 9134569)
Guess I missed the part where he was forced to play football...
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
mfm, 1/23/2013 1:25:04 PM (No. 9134570)
Within 5 years there will not be a company on the planet that will supply the NFL with fotball helmuts. Flag football anyone?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
vrb8m, 1/23/2013 1:25:25 PM (No. 9134571)
Even in death, the family can´t stop picking his bones.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Redneck In NY, 1/23/2013 1:28:53 PM (No. 9134577)
Who knew that repetitive blows to the head were a bad thing. Thank goodness this family (and lawyers) are here to tell us.
Next up, fire is hot, and may lead to burns.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Bevan, 1/23/2013 1:35:42 PM (No. 9134593)
Where there´s a will, there´s a relative.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
67cj5, 1/23/2013 1:40:12 PM (No. 9134599)
What about the little league, Jr. high, high school, and college? Shouldn’t the family be suing them too? Its not like the first game he played in was in the NFL, I would bet he started getting knocked in the head playing football around the age of 10.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
NYBruin, 1/23/2013 1:45:19 PM (No. 9134612)
As long as they can get a jury to believe it!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 1/23/2013 1:48:10 PM (No. 9134621)
Repetitive blows to the head - see Muhammad Ali. However, nobody forced him or any NFL player to participate. It was a personal choice.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
jackson, 1/23/2013 1:52:11 PM (No. 9134625)
"First, let´s kill all the lawyers..." Shakespeare
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
logiclogger, 1/23/2013 2:04:35 PM (No. 9134641)
Shouldn´t there be like a suicide a day of current or former NFL players based on these allegations? Whether there are or not long term effects from playing football, what will happen is that no player ever will now be held accountable for his actions.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
KingBubo, 1/23/2013 2:07:22 PM (No. 9134645)
The NFL should sue for the millions he made playing the game and all the endorsements.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 1/23/2013 2:16:22 PM (No. 9134660)
He wasn´t hired to have concussions but to give them.
And he did.
Lots of them.
Shouldn´t all the victims of his aggression be compensated too ?
Reductio Absurdem but still.......
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
suziesuburbanite, 1/23/2013 2:19:22 PM (No. 9134666)
This is the beginning of the end of the NFL
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
StormCnter, 1/23/2013 2:34:31 PM (No. 9134706)
I´m sorry for the family and its loss. But, the NFL is not to blame. When an adult enters a work field known to be dangerous, whether it´s boxing, high-rise steelworking, flying on a trapeze, crewing on a fishing boat, racing, or pro football, the health risk is understood and it´s his own. How convenient it would be if the responsibility could be shoved off onto the ones who signed his paychecks.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
navybrat, 1/23/2013 2:44:40 PM (No. 9134729)
Just outlaw football.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Smaj, 1/23/2013 3:02:12 PM (No. 9134775)
It´s terrible Junior Seau committed suicide. That said, the NFL is a high-risk, high-reward undertaking and only a fool goes into tackle football unaware/unconcerned of the risks. I´m sure no one forced Mister Seau into college and pro football. It´s far too late for this in our risk averse/obsessed society, but NFL prospects should have to sign a waiver acknowledging the risks associated playing at the highest level of football.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
toddh, 1/23/2013 4:06:09 PM (No. 9134889)
Of course, children who are forced to play football are magically immune to concussion. Else it´d be called child abuse.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Italiano, 1/23/2013 4:18:18 PM (No. 9134920)
Three knee surgeries, nose broken twice, concussion, broken fingers, numerous sprains and lacerations, and now very painful arthritis.
Who do I see about that, and what is the statute of limitations?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
goose, 1/23/2013 4:32:35 PM (No. 9134949)
Obviously, those helmets are dangerous. If it would safe only one life, helmets should be banned (S-OFF))
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
shamus, 1/23/2013 4:35:35 PM (No. 9134953)
One word: settlement.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 1/23/2013 5:34:55 PM (No. 9135054)
His suicide wasn´t caused from shooting himself?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
geoman, 1/23/2013 5:36:20 PM (No. 9135056)
Seau was a linebacker. He didn´t "sustain" blows, he delivered them.
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