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  • Re: Concussions

    Originally posted by giwan View Post
    Its conslusion jumping...
    Admittedly, I did buy one of these from this guy and I do use it on occasion.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDEL4Ty950Q
    At the outset, we could hang with the dude...

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    • Re: Concussions

      Simple math makes this about $60k each but it doesn't sound as if even that insult will be, well, that simple...

      https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl...ment-1.4901856

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      • Originally posted by Blackbeard View Post
        Simple math makes this about $60k each but it doesn't sound as if even that insult will be, well, that simple...

        https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl...ment-1.4901856
        They will get 22k

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        • Re: Concussions

          The handwriting was on the wall as soon as the judge refused to certify the suit as a class action. That left the players with no leverage.

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          • Re: Concussions

            Originally posted by In the blue View Post
            They will get 22k
            Yes, plus medical expenses which will vary from player to player but in the aggregate taking the cash plus medical expenses up to $60K average per player. But since medical expenses will vary from player to player, consequently the total financial benefit per player will also vary which is what I was alluding to by saying that it wasn't as simple as just averaging the total payout by the number of claimants.

            Interesting to see how much the "market" values the health and well being of its participants without whom it wouldn't exist.

            Although to be totally objective one would have to try to factor into the equation the extra financial benefit that each player received from playing as opposed to having done something else with their lives. After all, no one forces these guys to play the game. It's voluntary.

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            • Re: Concussions

              Originally posted by Blackbeard View Post

              Although to be totally objective one would have to try to factor into the equation the extra financial benefit that each player received from playing as opposed to having done something else with their lives. After all, no one forces these guys to play the game. It's voluntary.
              this is especially true in the case of the goons, they didn't have the talent to play pro except with their fists, some of these guys now expect to have everybody's sympathy, sorry, you selected your future, many of them became drug addicts and head cases, probably with the realization that their life was a fraud, although they were members of a team and wore the uniform, they weren't hockey players

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              • Re: Concussions

                Originally posted by pokechecker View Post
                this is especially true in the case of the goons, they didn't have the talent to play pro except with their fists, some of these guys now expect to have everybody's sympathy, sorry, you selected your future, many of them became drug addicts and head cases, probably with the realization that their life was a fraud, although they were members of a team and wore the uniform, they weren't hockey players
                Did it take a lot of effort to become a sociopath, or did it just come naturally?

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                • Originally posted by Still Eeyore View Post
                  Did it take a lot of effort to become a sociopath, or did it just come naturally?
                  Peckerchecker was born that way, and he's learned how to become worse and worse each year of his sad little lonely life. Not sure why he bothers following our sport. Clearly he doesn't have any female loved ones, let alone any that play sports of any kind. Everyone here basically ignores him as much as possible. Responding to his ridiculous posts only adds fuel to the fire of his insanity.

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                  • Re: Concussions

                    Life after hockey...

                    https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/...ream-1.4995338

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                    • Re: Concussions

                      One reason Bettman might not be so enamored with women's hockey:

                      https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/s...-boogaard.html

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                      • Re: Concussions

                        Technology scores an assist in addressing this problem...

                        https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/...ions-1.5310534

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