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It's a good question, and I suspect that it's because the players who could influence that decision (the leaders and highly paid super star athletes), are not i
by balls187 10y ago
It's a good question, and I suspect that it's because the players who could influence that decision (the leaders and highly paid super star athletes), are not incentivized to sour their relationship with the NFL and the team owners over the health and well being of all players.
That is, their individual goal is to maximize the money they make while they play, and fighting for better working conditions may run orthogonal to that.
The NFLPA has a lot of good intentions, but without the support of the league stars, it's difficult to make any reason progress.
- KevinEldon 10y agoI think you're probably right and wonder then if it's not the players themselves who are to blame (at least when the fans/public gets "outraged" about this issue). It's awkward to assign (some) blame to the same class that contains the victims, but it seems in their own pursuit of wealth they might be forfeiting their own safety. Owners would care about the short-term safety of players so that they can realize their investments, but really don't have any long term incentive to care care about player health.
- balls187 10y agoWhen you factor in that many of these athletes are young it makes sense why they aren't necessarily looking out for the long term self interest. It doesn't take too much searching to find once highly paid athletes having to work menial jobs post career, as they didn't take care of their finances. And, I'd say there is blame all around: Team owners (and by extension the League) wanting to maximize profits. Players want to maximize salaries. And the fans willing to continue to support the NFL as is.