Homer_Rice Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 This is an older article which I recently discovered. It may have been posted already, but just in case it hasn't, here it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khatmandude Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Ex players should threaten to disclose EVERYTHING unless more is done to help former players in need. I find it harder and harder to enjoy the NFL due to injustices and flat out corruption. It's a great distraction anyways. An opiate for the masses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Ex players should threaten to disclose EVERYTHING unless more is done to help former players in need. I find it harder and harder to enjoy the NFL due to injustices and flat out corruption. It's a great distraction anyways. An opiate for the masses. X2 And just reading these descriptions makes me cringe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Numbers| Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 http://www.pastpain.com/ Information regarding their 501c and efforts to help NFL veterans. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2011/07/reports-nfl-players-agree-to-new-collective-bargaining-agreement/1#.UucINjYo6M8 Player health and safety •Offseason programs reduced by five weeks with OTAs cut from 14 per team to 10. Limited practice time and contact, limited full-contact practices and more days off for players. •Players can remain in medical plan for life. •Regular season limited to 16 games through 2012 season. •$50 million annually earmarked for medical research and healthcare programs. Retirees •$900 million to $1 billion earmarked for retired player benefits over the next decade with $620 million ticketed for pre-1993 retirees. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/do-no-harm-who-should-bear-the-costs-of-retired-nfl-players-medical-bills/2013/05/09/2dae88ba-b70e-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html The NFL’s health insurance lasts five years after retirement — players who lasted fewer than three seasons don’t qualify for it at all — but the most serious health consequences of a football career often don’t manifest for a decade or more. http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2013/07/09/2269311/nfl-obamacare-players-benefit/ “If a retired player is employed by a company that does not provide medical benefits…it may be difficult and costly for him to obtain his own health insurance, depending upon the injuries he sustained as a player,” a 2008 Congressional Research Service study said, adding that when former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana sought health insurance after his career, the “lowest estimate he received was $106,000 per year, because he was considered to be in a high-risk group.” Most players simply can’t afford the costs of long-term care without the sizable, steady paycheck they received during their careers. For players who access insurance through a new employer, those costs aren’t necessarily a problem. But many of them do not, and according to the same study, the chronic injuries can leave many of the players unemployable in the type of jobs that provide health care. Obamacare, however, includes fixes to both of those problems that could benefit former NFL players. The most important fix is its guaranteed issue clause, which prevents insurers from denying health coverage based on pre-existing conditions, opening the door for players who already suffer from injuries that insurance companies wouldn’t cover before. Players in the worst situations who can’t afford health care could access health coverage from the state-based exchanges Obamacare created, expanding the health care options that were available to them before. The law could ultimately improve access to health care for thousands of NFL veterans. The article Homer posted was not specifically discussed before but items within the document have been on at least two occasions. Usually when someone brings up Reggie Williams or the CBA or the somewhat recent lockout. Usually boils down to the NFL owners and the players involved in negotiating the deal. Not enough due attention placed on retired players by both the current players and the owners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Numbers| Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 http://forum.go-bengals.com/index.php?/topic/60488-player-reps-vote-unanimously-to-approve-deal-nfl-is-back/page-1?hl=healthcare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Granted, I only skimmed the article. However, is it really a secret drug problem if North Dallas Forty came out 35 years ago? Sure, it's a neglected problem, but I don't think it's really a secret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|High School Harry| Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Granted, I only skimmed the article. However, is it really a secret drug problem if North Dallas Forty came out 35 years ago? Sure, it's a neglected problem, but I don't think it's really a secret. How about NFL Films of Hollywood Henderson sticking a baggie of cocaine into the top of his pants on the sidelines during a game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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