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Message: [QUOTE="gocraz4dasu, post: 1649755, member: 1109"] The issue with that line of thinking is that a minuscule portion of football players make millions of dollars. My father is an ex ball player at Syracuse and he still keeps in touch with some of the players he played with and these are the guys who did not last long in the NFL. One is legally blind which his doctor has attributed to him being repeatedly hit in the head, another is basically immobile and riddled with various injuries, and my father himself has had 10 and soon 11 surgeries and can't even stand straight up without having to bounce. That is only the tip of the ice berg. These are players that are about a decade younger than you as well. Sitting with my father and discussing the plights of the many players he played with is heartbreaking. These were incredible athletes who struggle to do simple things like walking, or seeing, ten to twenty years after finishing playing football (which for them was their early twenties). Also, not being able to ski at 67 =/= to not being able to run at 45, being unable to raise your arm above your chest at 40 or being legally blind at 50. And this is without mentioning many of the more terrifying neurological problems. Keeping your eyes closed about the, sometimes, severe physical and mental consequences of football, doesn't mean they are going away. It isn't just the superstars who are afflicted with these issue either. They are normal people who became student athletes out of the love for the game and the dream for a better life. It's not just all millionaires complaining about a few aching pains and the occasional headache. They are serious problems plaguing and/or killing a lot of the athletes we loved, and love, to watch every Saturday/Sunday. [/QUOTE]

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