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Junior Seau dead, probable suicide
North County Times reporting Seau "found dead by a housekeeper of a gunshot wound to the chest."
https://twitter.com/#!/LATimesfarmer...55054793560065 Junior Seau Dead Cops Investigating Shooting Cops are currently at Seau's home just outside San Diego. Seau was 43-years-old ... and leaves behind 3 kids and an ex-wife. Seau was a beast in the NFL -- skyrocketing to fame thanks to his explosive play with the San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots. The USC standout was selected in the first round of the NFL draft in 1990 and played in the league for 20 years. Seau was involved in a car accident back in 2010 when he drove his SUV off a cliff in Carlsbad, CA hours after he was arrested for allegedly attacking his girlfriend. Seau later said he was not trying to kill himself ... insisting he had fallen asleep at the wheel. http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/02/junior-seau-dead/ Last edited by Quesadilla Joe; 05-02-2012 at 12:35 PM.. |
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05-02-2012, 01:28 PM | #166 |
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Sounds like you are rooting for the league to lose?
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Sure, she put hot coffee where she shouldn't have, but McDonalds knew that the coffee was hot enough to cause burns leading to skin-grafs and did nothing about it. A so called 'acceptance' of the risks here isn't going to get the NFL off the hook - it never gets the deepest pockets off the hook. Juries do what they do. They'll see the faceless conglomerate of super-wealthy individuals that had concussion studies done and ignored and they'll compare those to the individual plaintiffs, be they players or the families of players that died. Don't coach - bet. What you think the jury should do is irrelevant. What you claim you would do where you a 1-man jury is equally irrelevant (afterall, both you and veilpass would get your asses bounced from the pool). History tells us what the jury will do. Ignore it at your own peril.
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There is a complete and utter lack of knowledge about mental illness by some on this board. Sure their are people who are not mentally ill and just see suicide as an easy way out but most are dealing with inner demons that most of us cannot comprehend. Saying it is just an easy way out is just spouting ignorance about another person's situation. The stigma of being mentally ill, that is spouted by many on this board, is what can also cause many to not want to seek the help that is available to them.
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Read it however you want. I love the NFL and would hate to see anything happen to it.
But I've worked with plenty of juries. I'm not 'rooting' either way, I'm simply saying I know which side I'd be betting on once the thing went to the scorecards.
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What type of things would you look for in the backgrounds of jurors in a case like that? NFL fan status? Political bent?
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Once again, I know the argument will be 'well they just didn't have to play', but I can tell you that a jury's not going to buy that when they have actual corpses in front of them. Besides, the beautiful thing about waivers is that there are very few of them that I can argue are both 1) specific enough to be clear as to what they're addressing and 2) broad enough to cover all contingencies. Put me in a room with any document you draw up, give me enough time, money and manpower and sooner or later I'll figure out a way to attack one of those 2 problems. It's nowhere near as straightforward as vailpass or Donger are trying to make it. If it were, the NFL would've dealt with stuff like this, injury settlements or even Free Agency a long long time ago. The NFL can't just say 'here it is, take it or leave it', or we wouldn't have FA or exorbitant salaries now would we?
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I agree with this. Nobody forced any player to play football in the NFL, its their choice and risk to earn the income and lifestyle that comes with it.
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I have already started demanding higher standards. Less QB protection, less restrictive rules on defenders being able to hit, the return of the wedge on kickoffs, etc.
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Here's a great (very lengthy) New Yorker article from last year: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...a_fact_mcgrath
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More kids playing soccer.
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