Should the NFL be banned? LATimes seems to think so

[HonestChieffan]

http://www.latimes.com/sports/football/nfl/la-sp-dwyre-nfl-concussions-20131016,0,755455.column#axzz2i0QmhFME


NFL is a despicable league that we should say goodbye to, but won't....


Wowzers

[The Franchise]

LA: We hate you! But please give us a team!

[BlackHelicopters]

Do we want a team? Yes, no,maybe?

[loochy]

homos

[Titty Meat]

The author is probably a liberal

[DaneMcCloud]

The author is probably a liberal
The majority of people are in this country, especially in California

[TribalElder]

Vonphetamine cameo

Typical California agenda

lol, where is your team LA

[DaneMcCloud]

I don't think any of you read the article

[BigMeatballDave]

The majority of people are in this country, especially in California

The majority of the country are liberals?

No way.

[Prison Bitch]

The majority of people are in this country, especially in California

They're about 15-20% of the population. Not that it matters.

The author focuses only on the nfl and doesn't address football at other levels. The lead attorney for the players told Real Sports they got all they could in large part because they couldn't pin all the liability on the nfl, since it only comprised a minority share of their football days.

[DaneMcCloud]

The majority of the country are liberals?

No way.

LMAO

[DaneMcCloud]

They're about 15-20% of the population. Not that it matters.

So the other 30%+ that identify themselves as Democrats aren't to be confused with "Liberals"?

Good to know.

[TribalElder]

I don't think any of you read the article

Peyton manning is greatest evar
Nfl is tobacco
You should watch league of denial

NFL is bad like congress, roads, and herpes

Too bad LA can't get a team to move here yet

/summary

[RealSNR]

Fuck that article.

Peyton Manning can go fuck himself and die.

[mike_b_284]

Its just some high and mighty know-it-all editorial. What a douche.

[DaneMcCloud]

Fuck that article.

Peyton Manning can go fuck himself and die.

12 more weeks.

:D

[RealSNR]

So when the Chiefs scramble Manning's brain and put him on a concussion documentary, THAT'S when the NFL has no more reason to exist?

[CaliforniaChief]

Unless things have drastically changed since 2012, liberals are the smallest of three ideologies.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/152021/conservatives-remain-largest-ideological-group.aspx

Republicans are just a hot dumpster fire mess. But I don't want to drag this to DC.

[DaneMcCloud]

Unless things have drastically changed since 2012, liberals are the smallest of three ideologies.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/152021/conservatives-remain-largest-ideological-group.aspx

Republicans are just a hot dumpster fire mess. But I don't want to drag this to DC.

I've been told on Chiefsplanet that every Democrat is a Liberal.

Who knew?

[Prison Bitch]

So the other 30%+ that identify themselves as Democrats aren't to be confused with "Liberals"?

Good to know.

They don't, the exit polls from 2012 reported 36% identified as Democrats. Stop derailing the thread.

[DaneMcCloud]

They don't, the exit polls from 2012 reported 36% identified as Democrats. Stop derailing the thread.

Yeah, this thread is really important. A column by an out of touch 69 year old that doesn't even live in Los Angeles.

[Prison Bitch]

I was just curious why he didn't address all football.

[Brock]

The article says the documentary was devastating to the nfl.

Well, it wasn't.

[DaneMcCloud]

The article says the documentary was devastating to the nfl.

Well, it wasn't.

Yeah but there were definitely some shenanigans pulled by the NFL. ESPN was supposed to air it (and helped produce it) but pulled the plug at the last minute.

Conflict of interest for ESPN? No. Just more proof that they're in the pockets of those who provide product to their highest viewership and ad dollars.

They're no more "sports journalism" than the National Enquirer.

[BigMeatballDave]

LMAO

I suppose it would explain a great deal of dumbassery that goes on in this country.

When I hear 'liberal', I think far left. Loons.

I consider myself a moderate.

[loochy]

I suppose it would explain a great deal of dumbassery that goes on in this country.

When I hear 'liberal', I think far left. Loons.

I consider myself a moderate.

This. To me liberal is the equivalent of tea party ding dongs

[HonestChieffan]

lets not make this political.. The writer didn't try to drag politics into this.

[scho63]

The LA Times is one of the MOST liberal POS newspapers on the face of the Earth. They are at the forefront of the wussification of America.

I wouldn't let my dog take a shit on their paper.

[Ace Gunner]

that was so, like.. not cool!

(spoken in the now-universal language of valley-girl)

[beach tribe]

The NFL wipes its ass with 765 mil.

And this documentary does not slow the train one damn bit.

[Brock]

I see your point , but seriously this does not bode well. I sat in Memorial stadium for a long time waiting for Jahvid Best to be carted off. For some reason at that point I knew this wasnt going to go away . Once the sentiments for a change start out here its only a matter of time before something is done and with this its a no brainer. I watch ball like I eat seafood . I do so knowing I may not be consuming it much longer .

Yeah, this billion dollar business is the next thing to done.

[keg in kc]

LA needs to be banned.

[HonestChieffan]

I see your point , but seriously this does not bode well. I sat in Memorial stadium for a long time waiting for Jahvid Best to be carted off. For some reason at that point I knew this wasnt going to go away . Once the sentiments for a change start out here its only a matter of time before something is done and with this its a no brainer. I watch ball like I eat seafood . I do so knowing I may not be consuming it much longer .

We didnt have football in my high school. My Junior year we won the state fencing tourney and that was pretty amazing. No one got injured but the cost to bus the team to Chicago was a big deal.

How did it turn out for Jahvid anyway?

[notorious]

Frightened parents should be the NFL's biggest worry.

[Prison Bitch]

The smartest thing the nfl did was get their franchises so knee deep in public financing that the municipalities themselves have a vested interest keeping football around. They can't afford to cover these stadium debt obligations out of their general fund.


(Incidentally this is the reason cigarettes are still legal)

[tk13]

The only way it remotely becomes a possibility is if people start dying on the football field. I don't think that would stop the NFL but it would be a PR nightmare that might actually do damage to the game of football.

There may definitely be more rule changes in the future though... things like getting rid of kickoffs, etc. Goodell was floating that stuff out there for a reason. Maybe the game is officiated a bit differently 10 years from now.

[Hammock Parties]

California just needs to peace out.

[L.A. Chieffan]

Bill Dwyre is an idiot, relax people.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Fuck that article.

Peyton Manning can go fuck himself and die.

Can we add him to the tour soon?

[pr_capone]

Wowzers

Inspector Gadget?

[L.A. Chieffan]

Oh and the times probably got more clicks on its web site in the last 24 hours than it has in a month so I guess hes not THAT big of an idiot

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

EAT YOUR GODDAMNED SPROUTS, CALIPHAS!

[Dylan]

The People's Republic of California

[L.A. Chieffan]

The People's Republic of California

Have you had Bear Republic IPA? Delicious.

[Psyko Tek]

The author is probably a moronl

fyp

and manning is no where near the best reason to keeep the game going

I thing the KC D is

and where there fuck is warpaint and the boobies?

[Dylan]

Have you had Bear Republic IPA? Delicious.

I don't drink beer :D

[Psyko Tek]

So when the Chiefs scramble Manning's brain and put him on a concussion documentary, THAT'S when the NFL has no more reason to exist?

if that is the price we have to pay ..
loose the dogs of war and cry havok



or halli, houston, try to beat poe there

[HonestChieffan]

Between this revelation and the recent exposure of the way the NFL is scamming taxpayers how long can this continue? Should we stop this soon?

[J Diddy]

I'm not trying to sound insensitive here, but come on. I knew what concussions would do to you by the time I was 10 and had heard Ali speak.

[oh_snap]

NFL players are heavily compensated for what they put their bodies through. Could the NFL do more when it comes to head injuries? Yes, but lets not pretend that this is the roman coliseum. The players are there at their own discretion. No one is making them stay.

This is the typical liberal talking point. "It's evil! Let's ban it!" Nothing more than big government shills who think the best way to deal with things is by manipulating the way the free market works.

Let the people decide if the NFL should exist or not by allowing people to make up their own minds about it. Don't like the NFL? DON'T WATCH IT! Don't partake in it in any way...and like with anything, if enough people adopt this approach, the NFL will eventually cease to exist.

[Prison Bitch]

Between this revelation and the recent exposure of the way the NFL is scamming taxpayers how long can this continue? Should we stop this soon?

Stop what? The sport or the nfl?

[oh_snap]

Between this revelation and the recent exposure of the way the NFL is scamming taxpayers how long can this continue? Should we stop this soon?


Scamming taxpayers? I think the NFL actually helps the taxpayers by creating more jobs, which results in more revenue for everybody. Having an NFL stadium in your city is actually quite beneficial for the locals.

[houston_pressure]

LEAGUE OF DENIAL

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

CP OF DENIAL: The Story of the 2013 Chiefs Offense.

Oh-so fixed.

[ChiefsLV]

The author is probably a republican who hates obamacare. Probably hates the idea of taxes to pay for a new stadium or stadium renovation required to get an NFL team there.

[DaneMcCloud]

Oh-so fixed.


Who's denying what?

[DaneMcCloud]

The People's Republic of California

Love it! Wouldn't live anywhere else in the US.

Mountains, trails, hiking, beach, desert, lakes and in SoCal, a median temp of 72 degrees.

[Prison Bitch]

Scamming taxpayers? I think the NFL actually helps the taxpayers by creating more jobs, which results in more revenue for everybody. Having an NFL stadium in your city is actually quite beneficial for the locals.

Studies show that's nonsense, but there are plenty of non economic reasons to have a team.

[vailpass]

Love it! Wouldn't live anywhere else in the US.

Mountains, trails, hiking, beach, desert, lakes and in SoCal, a median temp of 72 degrees.

Yeah there's a reason that when the settlers got to AZ then NV they kept on going...
I love where I live but to deny the beauty of Cali is crazy.

[GloryDayz]

California......another great place for a somewhat sizable meteor to make a crash landing....

[Sorter]

You know i am niot sure how to post a you tube here. But here is the link to Jahvid Bests injury video . Its really awful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7KoLaxXgjg

Was this caused by the Illuminati and Freemasons as well?

[bigjosh]

Was this caused by the Illuminati and Freemasons as well?

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&docid=8ShMWJzosE-Q1M&tbnid=y6ffr8pgEJnP8M:&ved=0CAUQjBwwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthe-unexplained-world.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F08%2Fhistory-channel-hd-aliens-thumb.jpg&ei=cNBgUu3zJomQ9QTOtoGABw&psig=AFQjCNHIYMDtQFVJZFGCnbrFrlTBpynxDw&ust=1382162928696366

[Sorter]

But earnestly, I'd love to hear about how a secret society is responsible for the government and concussions in both college and the NFL (they control everything, right?)

Come on chris616 (which suspiciously, is pretty similar to 666...OMFG!!!! CHRISTIAN BALE'S WHORE OF A MOTHER, IT'S A DOUBLE AGENT, BATMAN!).

[vailpass]

I just don't know how this is going to end...

[Sorter]

I just don't know how this is going to end...

The way Avengers should have ended.





With a goddamn Loki victory.

[splatbass]

I missed where the LA Times said that. I admit I just skimmed the article, but all I saw was the author saying that, not the LA Times as a whole. It is an OPINION piece.

It amazes me how people get all outraged over stupid shit. Do you just look for things to be outraged about? This is nothing.

[vailpass]

The way Avengers should have ended.





With a goddamn Loki victory.

:) I am down with the god of mischief...

[Baby Lee]

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/blowback/la-ol-nfl-football-concussions-flynn-blowback-20131017,0,3888891.story

[Bearcat]

Pro football should stay... the cash cow that's the NFL should be replaced with ownership/leaders who put the game and fans first.






Hahaha, just kidding, that would be ridiculous.

[blaise]

I missed where the LA Times said that. I admit I just skimmed the article, but all I saw was the author saying that, not the LA Times as a whole. It is an OPINION piece.

It amazes me how people get all outraged over stupid shit. Do you just look for things to be outraged about? This is nothing.

People write opinion pieces so that they get discussed. You think people should just read the paper, put it down and go, "Hm," or something?

[Ace Gunner]

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[splatbass]

People write opinion pieces so that they get discussed. You think people should just read the paper, put it down and go, "Hm," or something?

No, but it is inaccurate to say "The LA Times thinks this", when it is one author on the LA Times. They have numerous, and often conflicting opinions, in every newspaper that don't necessarily reflect the opinion of the newspaper. A lot of people don't understand what the Op-Ed page is.

I see a lot of people on political forums outraged at a newspaper over opinion pieces, as if they all reflect the thinking of the newspaper. But newspapers usually have both liberal and conservative opinion pieces, for example. They don't really mean anything except that one writer believes it, and that the newspaper allows many opinions on its Op-Ed page.

[ptlyon]

It amazes me how people get all outraged over stupid shit. Do you just look for things to be outraged about?

I'm outraged you'd think such a thing

[Graystoke]

thread needed never ending bike ride
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MOAR THIS.

[King_Chief_Fan]

how many times before these players realize, you lead with your head it is going to mess you up?

[WhiteWhale]

I was just curious why he didn't address all football.

Because the NFL actively and knowingly took part in a campaign to lie to their players to the detriment of their long term health?

I've been saying this for a long time... the NFL knew the problems concussions caused 30 years ago. They knowingly suppressed this information from the players. Players should have been made aware of it.

Christ, I did a freaking report about this in 1998 when I was still in high school. What the neurological community said about concussions was 180 degrees from what the NFL was feeding it's players.

[WhiteWhale]

how many times before these players realize, you lead with your head it is going to mess you up?

How many times before fans realize that it's not the 'big hit' concussions that cause long term damage, but the multiple 'walking concussions' suffered by linemen in nearly every game that have no symptoms but still cause damage to the brain?

Playing properly in the trenches is far more dangerous in terms of long term head trauma than smashing your head into a WR once and a while.

[WhiteWhale]

NFL players are heavily compensated for what they put their bodies through. Could the NFL do more when it comes to head injuries? Yes, but lets not pretend that this is the roman coliseum. The players are there at their own discretion. No one is making them stay.

This is the typical liberal talking point. "It's evil! Let's ban it!" Nothing more than big government shills who think the best way to deal with things is by manipulating the way the free market works.

Let the people decide if the NFL should exist or not by allowing people to make up their own minds about it. Don't like the NFL? DON'T WATCH IT! Don't partake in it in any way...and like with anything, if enough people adopt this approach, the NFL will eventually cease to exist.

You're stupid.

The NFL lied to the players for 30 years about the risks of their profession. They were not ignorant like you were about the problems it caused. They're a source of the wide-spread ignorance.

I agree with your premise here, but you have to acknowledge the fact that the NFL was forcing them to make decisions with intentionally deceptive information.

[BIG_DADDY]

The media is horrible here. Bart just went on strike again shutting down the whole bay area for the most part. They just turned down the most lucrative contract in the history of transportation in this country. Not only do I not know a single person that supports the employees at this point I don't even know somebody that knows somebody that supports them. KTVU channel 2 news comes on last night and interviews riders and makes it look like everyone supports the employees. Absolute and complete deception of reality.

[Cephalic Trauma]

In general, I've noticed that I have very little affinity for people who like football. I find them to be beer-swilling, nacho-gobbling cro-magnon proletariat types. They lust for "killer hits." They swill and gutturally exhort their team to victory. Ridiculously, with nacho cheese dripping from their soul patches, they strut around their living rooms high-fiving each other shouting "THAT'S what I'm talking about! Do you feel me?"
Sometimes they paint their faces. They are an amusing and disturbing spectacle!

From the commentsLMAO

A. Stereotypes abound!
B. Somebody just got out of creative writing class.

[Rausch]

So LA is lobbying HARD for an NFL team I assume...

[Cephalic Trauma]

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Body built for porn, face made for radio.

[GloryDayz]

Body built for porn, face made for radio.

Critic! :D

[DaneMcCloud]

Reading comprehension at Chiefsplanet is at an all time low.

[BlackHelicopters]

Ban the LA Times

[CaliforniaChief]

Reading comprehension at Chiefsplanet is at an all time low.

Hey guyz did you see this? Dane wants to eliminate Chiefsplanet.

[DaneMcCloud]

Hey guyz did you see this? Dane wants to eliminate Chiefsplanet.

LMAO

[ct]

Unless things have drastically changed since 2012, liberals are the smallest of three ideologies.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/152021/conservatives-remain-largest-ideological-group.aspx

Republicans are just a hot dumpster fire mess. But I don't want to drag this to DC.

both sides of the lunatic fringe need to see the bottom of the nearest body of water, but hey, carry on 'merica!

This author is an idiot