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The risk profile is entirely different. When you go jump off a cliff you're saying "there's an x% chance I will die right now" but there's no chance that you d
by habosa 9y ago
The risk profile is entirely different. When you go jump off a cliff you're saying "there's an x% chance I will die right now" but there's no chance that you die slowly 20 years later after surviving the jump. So it's much more fair to ask the jumper to evaluate the risk.
Playing football is a slow killer. After years and years of hits you may get serious brain damage. But there was no one particular moment, no single play, that you should have avoided. It's the sport as a whole.
- QuotedForTruth 9y agoAlso even though Red Bull and other sponsors are making money off other's risk, they aren't actively trying to suppress and hide that info like it seems the NFL has been doing for years regarding concussion risk.
- cpsempek 9y agoI agree with you point, but assume the NFL does admit fault and revise their position to be aligned with medical findings. Does watching the sport make is any more or less moral. I do not think so. You are right, the NFL is being dishonest and irresponsible, but viewing the sport is an act separated entirely from this fact.
- QuotedForTruth 9y agoI'm not sure what you are arguing. People watching doesn't make it any more or less moral, no. People or organizations profiting off the risky behavior of others is potentially immoral. IMO a large part of why its either moral or not is in the participant's knowledge of the risk. If the group profiting on the other's risk is actively seeking to hide the risk then it is definitely immoral.