NFL players are easily some of the toughest athletes in professional sports. The abuse their bodies take on a daily basis, subjecting themselves to bone crushing hits and constant physical abuse certainly puts these athletes in tough guy status. Professional football players want to win, and are willing to do anything to get to the promise land, even if the means risking their bodies to serious injury. Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew in a recent interview said that he would play through a concussion and even go so far as to hide his injury from NFL trainers. According to the Huffington Post, a recent Associated Press survey showed that 23 out of 44 players surveyed would conceal a head related injury if they were at risk of being pulled out of the game.
Clearly, many NFL players are willing to hide their injuries so they can continue to play knowing full well the consequences of such actions. Right now the NFL is facing lawsuits from over 120 retired players who claim that the NFL deliberately hid information about the dangers of concussions and other head related injuries. These claims are also based on the NFL not pushing helmet manufacturers hard enough to produce equipment that can further reduce the risk of concussions. It’s uncertain if any of these lawsuits will make it to court.
What fans don’t see behind the glitz and glamor of the NFL is the culture and principles that many of these players follow. They will do whatever it takes to win, period. Even if that means they can be permanently disabled as a result. The players that are suing the NFL played through pain and injury so they can, at least for a moment, achieve football immortality. Now these players who lived by the “code” are now facing the mortal challenges of back pain, headaches, dementia, depression, and other side effects of the abuse that comes with playing in the NFL. The NFL will have its hands full as more players come out of the wood work who complain of concussion related symptoms. As this happens, current players may begin to think twice before they decide to hide their injuries.
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