{"id":10434,"date":"2014-01-14T19:52:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T19:52:19","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-01-14T19:52:19","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T19:52:19","slug":"see_i_told_you_so_the_nfl_concussion_settlement_settled_nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/01\/14\/see_i_told_you_so_the_nfl_concussion_settlement_settled_nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"See, I Told You So: The NFL Concussion Settlement Settled Nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: As you know, the National Football League and the players association came to an agreement on a massive lawsuit for benefits to players who played in the past, suffered head injuries. It was $675 million. And there are like 4,000 players that were party to the suit. Everybody was celebrating when it was agreed to, the settlement was reached, all sides signed off on it. Some players are not gonna get a dime. Other players are gonna get a different proportion. It was not going to be equally distributed. <\/p>\n

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Well, the upshot of this is that when the details first emerged regarding the proposed settlement between the NFL and the thousands of former players of the concussion litigation, some thought the league got too good a deal. “What do you mean, 4,000 players and $675 million? That\u2019s nothing. That\u2019s chump change when you do the math.” Well, the judge, Anita Brody, not to be confused with Anita Hill, “Judge Anita Brody has rejected the motion for preliminary approval of the settlement, a week after the formal motion was filed. Judge Brody reportedly has concerns about the ability of the proposed $675 million compensation fund to cover benefits.”<\/p>\n

In other words, the judge has rejected the concussion settlement \u2019cause it\u2019s not enough. “The development,” it says here, “comes as a surprise, given that the settlement was brokered by a retired judge appointed by Judge Brody and ultimately assessed by a Special Master also appointed by Judge Brody. It could be simply a matter of Judge Brody being cautious, especially since the worst-case scenario would arise if, in 30 or 40 years, recently-retired players develop Alzheimer\u00c2\u2019s disease or ALS, they make a claim for compensation, and they discover that no money is left.”<\/p>\n

Little did we know that this money was to cover future players as well, not just the 4,000 in the past. So now a monkey wrench is thrown into this. It\u2019s not big enough, the judge says, reportedly. “It\u00c2\u2019s too early to conclude that the decision will derail the settlement completely.” But it looks like the NFL and the players thought they had this taken care of and moved on down the road, and are now gonna have to go back to it.<\/p>\n

In the midst of this we have a story today in USA Today from Indianapolis<\/a>. “By the end of a morning lecture Monday, Sandra Chapman, Ph.D., had essentially told an auditorium full of football coaches that all the doomsday stuff they\u2019ve been hearing about concussions isn\u2019t quite as bad the media has made it seem. ‘What\u2019s being touted is ahead of the evidence,\u2019 Chapman later told a small group of reporters off to the side. Welcome to the newest twist in the discussion of head injuries and football — commissioned and endorsed, of course, by the folks whose livelihood depends on football.<\/p>\n

But the bottom line is, we now have a Ph.D., a female Ph.D., practically unassailable here, who says that everything you think you know about football and concussions can\u2019t be proven, that these people have assumed way too much about injury, long-term effect. None of it\u2019s provable yet. You can\u2019t link a concussion to ALS. You can\u2019t link it to Alzheimer\u2019s. You can\u2019t link a concussion to anything. All you can do is assume based on your common sense. But the science isn\u2019t there. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: I remember saying this isn\u2019t gonna be enough money. These players don\u2019t understand that $675 million divided by 4,000 isn\u2019t gonna be anything. They think they got all these problems behind them. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: By the way, full disclosure, ladies and gentlemen, on the USA Today story on the Ph.D., Sandra Chapman, who says that this concussion stuff in the NFL is so overblown and there isn\u2019t enough science to know anything like what is being claimed. There isn\u2019t enough science to link concussions to life-altering effects once one quits the game. USA Today points out that Sandra Chapman, Ph.D., the concussion expert, is also “a former Texas cheerleader,” which means it\u2019s implied that we can\u2019t take anything she says seriously. <\/p>\n

They\u2019re very, very, very careful to point out that she was a former cheerleader, which means what? (interruption) No. Well, “pretty, good looking.” That\u2019s exactly what you mean. (interruption) No in the liberal world, “cheerleader” means “bimbo.” “Cheerleader” means “lover of jocks,” “groupie.” In the liberal world, “Cheerleaders, they\u2019re not real. Getting out there, wearing stuff like they wear in cheering for their team.” You know, ‘”Block that vibe! Block that vibe!” whatever. They think it\u2019s just silly. <\/line><\/p>\n

They think football\u2019s silly, too. “It\u2019s very, very brutal and it maims people — and why would a civilized society even engage in it?” There\u2019s also a quote from David Cutcliffe in this story. He\u2019s the coach at Duke. But more importantly, he is the Mannings\u2019 coach. That\u2019s right. “Coach Cut” is who Peyton Manning went to work out with when he was recovering from the neck surgery. Well, Coach Cutcliffe says, “In 38 years…”<\/p>\n

This is in quotes: “In 38 years, I don\u2019t have one former player who isn\u2019t functional due to concussions, but I do have a whole lot of healthy players. That\u2019s a case study, isn\u2019t it? We\u2019re trying to make people think before they react.” So the official coach to the Mannings says in 38 years he doesn\u2019t have one former player who is an idiot or an invalid or anything else because of concussions. Because he does have, after 38 years, a whole lot of healthy former players. <\/p>\n

The left is saying, “We knew there was a reason not to like this guy,” even though he\u2019s among the best at what he does. Yes, the concussion thing in the NFL is political, too, folks. Just trust me. I know. That\u2019s one of the times people say, “Come on, Rush, is everything political?” All you have to do, folks, is to find out who\u2019s behind something. All you have to do to find out if it\u2019s political is identify who it is that is attempting to move something along on a pathway they think it should take, and you will be answered correctly every time you ask that question. <\/p>\n

So, yes.<\/p>\n

Now, the people involved, the last thing they want you to think is “political” about this. This is a health issue. “This is why Limbaugh\u2019s dangerous, \u2019cause he just goes extremist!” That\u2019d be their reaction. I\u2019m not gonna back away from it. Look at what they\u2019re trying to do. There\u2019s no science here, just like global warming. There really isn\u2019t any science to prove it. But the left cares about it. It\u2019s a compassionate thing. “What are we doing to our football players?” as Meryl Streep asked about our kids and Alar. <\/p>\n

“What are we doing to our children?” <\/p>\n

Nothing, as it turned out, except making apples look better. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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