Former NFL receiver Antwaan Randle El regrets ever playing football

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by BigChiefTablet

And the guy who's been popping tongues at the meat packing plant for 20 years for 10 bucks an hour who can't open his hands anymore, I'm not seeing the outcry for research and rule changes there.

That's a ridiculous analogy.

That person had a choice. I'm sure that he/she had the option to go to junior college, to attend university, to do something other than work at a meat packing plant. WE ALL DO.

I played elementary, junior high and high school football. NEVER ONCE did anyone mention that you could get BRAIN DAMAGE from playing. No one. Broken bones, torn muscles, sprains, even paralysis but brain damage?

Nope.

You don't have to feel "sorry" for anyone. But I'm absolutely certain that armed with the information that we have today about CTE (in which the NFL willingly withheld), more and more people will choose NOT to play the game.

It's pretty simple.