Ex-Player File New Lawsuit Against NFL (1 Viewer)

[GroveDiesel]

If this stuff is true, this seems even bigger than the concussion stuff IMO.

http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?storyId=10958191

The former players allege that teams gave them powerful drugs to cover up injuries without any legal prescriptions, without telling the players the extent of injuries and even obtained outright illegal drugs to administer to players to enable them to play.

You're looking at malpractice, fraud, felonies being committed, and on and on if this is all true.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

If this stuff is true, this seems even bigger than the concussion stuff IMO.

http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?storyId=10958191

The former players allege that teams gave them powerful drugs to cover up injuries without any legal prescriptions, without telling the players the extent of injuries and even obtained outright illegal drugs to administer to players to enable them to play.

You're looking at malpractice, fraud, felonies being committed, and on and on if this is all true.

That's basically the plot for North Dallas 40.

Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Peter Gent, a Cowboys wide receiver in the late 1960s, the film's characters closely resemble real-life team members of that era, with Seth Maxwell often compared to quarterback Don Meredith, B.A. Strother to Tom Landry, and Elliott to Gent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Dallas_40

Oh look it's JD Hill:

"I was provided uppers, downers, painkillers, you name it while in the NFL," plaintiff J.D. Hill, who played for seven years in the 1970s, said in a statement. "I became addicted and turned to the streets after my career and was homeless. Never took a drug in my life, and I became a junkie in the NFL."

 

[Godsbrother]

Looks like just another money grab. It is hard for me to believe that teams were shoving pills down player's throats and sticking needles in their bodies without their knowledge or against their wishes.

But hey, I guess if you can get some cash from a settlement then go for it.

 

[Shutout]

This is one of those stories that most likely has a good nugget of truth on both sides. It is highly likely that is a money grab and highly likely that the player had knowledge and condoned the activity at the time it happened because it helped them in the moment and perhaps preserved or extended their career.

But it is also every bit as likely that these things did in fact occur and are all those illegal words mentioned above.

Hypocritical? Could be.

"Here player, now don't go taking anything on your own, and don't smoke a joint, but if you are a franchise QB that puts butts in the seats I have some vicadin (however its spelled) for ya.