NFL players make a lot of money while in the league. Some make tens of millions. The percentage made above the mean income of an average American is more than substantial. The league minimum for veteran players is 10 times the combined income for the average American family. They are paid well for two reasons. One is because they are entertainers and talented - people will pay to see them. The second reason is hazardous duty pay. What's really playing out? Some players who after earning tens of millions of dollars are now broke. They want another payday. There is a racial component too. I'll leave that to the reader to discover.
Many athletes are not rocket scientists. Why should they be? Their gifts are physical. Some players are born stupid. This stupidity was present before they became professional football players. This stupidity is genetic. NOTHING can be done to ameliorate genetic stupidity. It is permanent. Importantly, nothing done on the football field caused this stupidity.
The premise here is stupidity and/or the ailments were caused by head trauma. That assertion is not proven and ignores genetic predisposition. Ample evidence suggest these players were stupid before they entered the league. The Wonderlic IQ test given all new athletes does proves this stupid before the NFL assertion. LSU's Morris Claiborne - drafted by the Dallas Cowboys - score a 4!!!! on his Wonderlic. The test has a maximum of 50. Morris will never be smart. The likelihood he squanders his salary away is high. When that money is gone, and Morris is provided a chance to sue for money under the guise of head trauma - he will sue. With his NFL salary gone... where will he ever make silly money again? Ditto the predisposed. What about people who develop the same ailments and never play football? How can that happen? WHY... predisposition.
Now we hear tales of woe regarding head trauma on the field causing long term health problems. WOW! Are stupid players now performing statistical analysis for the MEDIA? Ooops forgot it was MEDIA analysis.
Full contact sports will always result in head trauma. Football is Full Contact. This has been the case since the game of football was created. What's changed? There are more stupid players than ever in the NFL.The problem the NFL now faces is owed to allowing players who are not suited for college, (stupid) to play college football. Allowing players who may be athletically gifted to enter college when they cannot score in the lowest realm of the SAT - a score well below what the average student entering college must score, has negative consequences. This current crisis is the logical conclusion when stupid (and unethical doctors and lawyers) see a get rich quick opportunity. The root of this problem - is two fold: Genetic stupidity. When a stupid player ages, he remains stupid. Genetic predisposition to an ailment. Genetic predisposition to ailments are unavoidable. Those predisposed will get sick or suffer with ailments regardless if they play football or not.
When the NCAA began allowing stupid athletes into college because of asserted superior athleticism, this legal outcome was cast. Stupid people are those who gamble away their NFL salaries. Now dead broke, they want another pay day and the MEDIA is providing them that pay day. The MEDIA wants a crisis. Crisis provides them an opportunity to flex their muscles. They don't have the muscle to play the game, but they know better. So do unethical doctors and lawyers - who split hairs and concoct opinions on: maybe, what if, suppose that, and possibly. They completely ignore that human beings are unique - not all alike.
Stupidity has common traits - bad decision making, self destructive behaviors, criminal behaviors - all tied to a get rich quick mentality and an inability/unwillingness to plan long-term. If teams paid more attention to the Wonderlic, they would avoid this problem. In fact, the Wonderlic should be given to athletes before they're permitted to enter college. Players who cannot pass the Wonderlic should NOT be given a seat and scholarship to a learning institution. Children who worked hard on academics belong in college - not a blithering idiot with physical skills. Each stupid athlete given a seat and scholarship denies a better qualified student an education. The world is denied the potential good outcomes that result when a smart person is given a higher education.
This head trauma issue is a Chicken / Egg / Breed of Chicken dilemma - was the stupidity present before the head trauma, or did the head trauma cause the intellect problems? Was the person predisposed to these ailments? A review of the Wonderlic test will provide answers. Players who scored poorly on the Wonderlic, are likely those who claim stupidity was caused by trauma. This is an easy evaluation to make. A genetic history of the families of those afflicted players will reveal genetic causal probabilities. Additionally, there will be a few genuine trauma incidents - but few.
There are also players with emotional and mental disorders. These are present in all occupations. These mental issues are not directly associated with paying football or head trauma. Look at the number of players with no emotional or mental disorders. They form the majority. If football contact is responsible, then a majority of players will be "impacted". That is NOT the case.
The players who are genetically predisposed to mental and neurological disorders would develop ailments whether they payed football or not. This reality, apparently, will not be considered. However, genetic predisposition must be considered if the NFL wants to keep its audience. People watch the NFL for the same reason they watch NASCAR and Fighting - they like the blood and guts.
Absolutely nothing substantiates the head trauma causes stupidity / neurological ailments claims. These claims stand to ruin a game I love. I for one do not agree with arguments made by the MEDIA and those who stand to profit from making these claims. The league and owners could have avoided this problem by not drafting players who score poorly on the Wonderlic - see NE Patriots. But... that might result in cries of racism.
Unfortunately, the same stupid players would not "waste" their money buying a product with no immediate gratification - health insurance - will be trotted out... Unable to form a sentence and complete a thought, they will be PROOF football caused their problems.
But there is a problem here. I see these and other players interviewed in college - apparently, Pee Wee football impacts made them stupid. These are players who are unable to communicate using standard verbal idioms. When they speak, a disconnected litany of catch phrases, know wadimeans, give 100+%, step up, yadda yadda yadda. Nothing makes any sense nor is their responses related in any way to the question asked. This is stupidity on display and some people fail to identify the stupidity, or they ignore it.
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