4. "athletes gotta stop being suckers tho" In response to Reply # 3
how many of these stories you gotta read, before the light bulb goes off?
society is telling you to spend, but $43 mill is a lot. Just buy one car bro, one big house, and put the rest in a trust or whatever. let them other niggas spend on bullshit and just show up to enjoy it with them.
that's what I would do anyway. That way when they go broke I've already changed my number and moved to Panama
*goes back to staring at a computer screen for a living*
Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86672 posts
Wed Jun-28-17 05:36 PM
6. "Scariest/saddest part of the SI story, by MILES:" In response to Reply # 0
Portis is among the former players eligible to receive benefits from the NFL’s $1 billion concussion settlement, which could entitle him to up to $1.5 million if he shows signs of early dementia and as much as $5 million should he be diagnosed with ALS—but in order to receive even a penny he would have to undergo testing and demonstrate clear symptoms of severe problems. And he’s wary of being evaluated because those tests might reveal that the fog is encroaching just as he has learned to navigate this complicated world. “F--- that concussion money,” he says. “I’m scared. I’m really scared of the results.”
8. "It's pretty weird, man. I talk to these older athletes about it" In response to Reply # 6
Talked to a guy recently, now in his early 50s, who had a long career in the NHL. He had more concussions than he had fingers, including a couple that didn't have anything to do with hockey (one story was crazy AF!). He said he would lose patches of times occasionally and sometimes he would fail to recognize people that he sees every day. Still, he said the league was full of guys who were fearless, who would do anything, who would play through anything. And he prided himself on being that guy. He still does. He ended up winning a couple championships, as a role player, and he said that justified it all. But he had kind of a somber tone--and he's a very talkative and upbeat guy--when he said there were other guys who didn't make it to the top and were doing a lot worse. It's a weird culture but you know there are plenty of weird, masochistic cultures with way smaller payoffs and way smaller paychecks. It's a shame to see guys who were misled and mistreated medically for sure. But today's players pretty much know what they are getting into no matter how much the leagues try to cover their ass for these lawsuits. The old guys were definitely not addressed properly but at the same time they kind of didn't give a fuck. I mean if you're already willing to play a sport where you could break a bunch of bones, sustain spinal injuries, etc, would a concussion really have steered you away from it?
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