Frivolous Lawsuits, Attention-Grabbing Headlines—the New Fears of the NFL

May 12, 2012   ·   Matt Rogers   ·   Jump to comments

And so it begins! Last week, the sports world was shocked by the tragic suicide of Junior Seau. Now many former players are beginning to realize or are finding the courage to admit that they are struggling with memory loss and other issues related to repeated traumatic impact to the brain.
Over the coming weeks, we are going to see more and more former players coming out of the woodwork claiming suffering and issues that they have had when their playing days were over.
Currently, there are over 1,800 former players named in 70 complaints that are going to be presented as a class action lawsuit against the NFL, claiming that the NFL did not do enough to properly protect or inform the players of the inherent risks and dangers they could potentially be exposed to while they are playing.
Just the other day, Jim Arnold, former Pro Bowl punter—that’s right, punter—of the Detroit Lions joined a class action lawsuit against the NFL and recently, Art Monk, forme...

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