K-9 Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 Didn’t see this subject being discussed anywhere. Shame on the NFL. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/06/03/nfl-concussion-settlement-race-norming/ Does the league serve as a microcosm for wider societal attitudes? 1 1
TroutDog Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 This is absolutely repugnant but, also, not a surprising thing given the leagues history. The ‘protect the shield’ mentality fails to look at the possibility that doing what is right is the best way to protect it. 4 1
Utah John Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 It's pretty incredible that this went on ever, and even more incredible that it continued this long. Shameful. 1 1
RochesterLifer Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 2 hours ago, K-9 said: Didn’t see this subject being discussed anywhere. Shame on the NFL. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/06/03/nfl-concussion-settlement-race-norming/ Does the league serve as a microcosm for wider societal attitudes? Solid, thoughtful question. I do not generally support today's broad "systemic racism" assertions. But this article made me throw up in my mouth and really pissed me off. I owe it to this reality to give your question quality consideration.
Jerome007 Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, RochesterLifer said: Solid, thoughtful question. I do not generally support today's broad "systemic racism" assertions. But this article made me throw up in my mouth and really pissed me off. I owe it to this reality to give your question quality consideration. Yes but if systemic racism was that bad, the subject wouldn't even come up, and there certainly would not be a revision. It sounds more like accounting cheapskates and saving money than true racism. It does look bad though, for sure. But again, it was studied, made public, taken care of. Injustices and unfairness happen all the time. Money and power are usually the root issues. Not "systemic racism". 1 1 5 4 1 1
Madbillsfan Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, Jerome007 said: Yes but if systemic racism was that bad, the subject wouldn't even come up, and there certainly would not be a revision. It sounds more like accounting cheapskates and saving money than true racism. It does look bad though, for sure. But again, it was studied, made public, taken care of. Injustices and unfairness happen all the time. Money and power are usually the root issues. Not "systemic racism". Then why was it included? Why not just give them less money?
Orlando Buffalo Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 11 minutes ago, Madbillsfan said: Then why was it included? Why not just give them less money? Because to get by on the letter of the law you must have a law to justify your actions. If the NFL could somehow "norm" down all the players to an IQ of 80 after their playing days they would. This is a money situation not a race situation, but it is still wrong.
BarleyNY Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 Sad that it happened. Glad that it’s been corrected, finally.
jimmy10 Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Jerome007 said: Money and power are usually the root issues. Not "systemic racism". That might be the most unintentionally hilarious thing I’ve ever read on TBD. 5
HamSandwhich Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 9 minutes ago, jimmy10 said: That might be the most unintentionally hilarious thing I’ve ever read on TBD. Why?
dwight in philly Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 Quite a long "life span" for this topic on the main board.
K-9 Posted June 4, 2021 Author Posted June 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Buffalo Timmy said: Because to get by on the letter of the law you must have a law to justify your actions. If the NFL could somehow "norm" down all the players to an IQ of 80 after their playing days they would. This is a money situation not a race situation, but it is still wrong. It’s a money situation based on race. That makes it impossible NOT to be a race situation. 56 minutes ago, dwight in philly said: Quite a long "life span" for this topic on the main board. This topic directly relates to the NFL. Why is it NOT for the main board?
TBBills Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 6 hours ago, K-9 said: Does the league serve as a microcosm for wider societal attitudes? Probably just the old white rich guy attitudes that own the league.
K-9 Posted June 4, 2021 Author Posted June 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, TBBills said: Probably just the old white rich guy attitudes that own the league. I don’t think archaic thinking about the relationship between race and intelligence is strictly confined to old rich white guys. Adopting policies to avoid paying damages based on that thinking might be, though. 1
Let's Go Buffalo Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 Wow! All that I can say is......It's about time they've addressed this situation.
Jerome007 Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 2 hours ago, HamSandwhich said: Why? Yeah why? Enlighten us, oh sage one
dwight in philly Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 (edited) 36 minutes ago, K-9 said: It’s a money situation based on race. That makes it impossible NOT to be a race situation. This topic directly relates to the NFL. Why is it NOT for the main board? You mean like Covid does/did, which I offered opinions about and got suspended for? Edited June 4, 2021 by dwight in philly
ndirish1978 Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 Woah, assuming a lower level of functioning based on race is pretty bad.
Orlando Buffalo Posted June 4, 2021 Posted June 4, 2021 47 minutes ago, K-9 said: It’s a money situation based on race. That makes it impossible NOT to be a race situation. Let me state it this way, the owners do not care about the race of the player they are screwing.
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