Comments on Advance Indiana™: Former NFL Players File Lawsuit Against League For Illegally Administering Painkillers And Encouraging Injured Players To Continue Playing

"interlocking defense shield for the 1%"...

2014-05-21T14:50:10.445-05:00

"interlocking defense shield for the 1%"

Very well stated.

I recently read that what we call the elite is ultimately a series of interlocking interests.

Smoking Joe Hogsett is just one piece of the inter...

2014-05-21T10:46:43.663-05:00

Smoking Joe Hogsett is just one piece of the interlocking defense shield for the 1%. This defense shield includes politicians both elected and appointed - Democrats and Republicans, the Crony-Capitalists, Non-Profits, and the Mega-Media.

Eric Turner is good example of how it works. The Leadership in the State House allows a "Show Trial" in Turner's case but finds no wrong doing. As you mentioned in an earlier Blog- our state's Economic Development Corporation is awarding $345,000 to a nursing home project that Turner's family is developing in Terre Haute from which he stands to personally make $1.8 million.

You would think the Democratic Leadership would go after Turner tooth, fang and nail. However, the Democrats have been silent. The Democratic Party is a part of the interlocking defense for the 1%.

The Shield can also be used for offensive purposes such as hyping the Stupor Bowl. A Blizkreig of fluff articles and phoney economic data on the value of Professional Sports is the Soup of Day.

If you find yourself convicted of a low-level felo...

2014-05-21T07:49:59.424-05:00

If you find yourself convicted of a low-level felony and have a gun around the house, Hogsett will be there to serve justice right up your ash.

Divert millions of taxpayers bucks to your friends or hold rank in Indy's power elite, and Hogsett won't get off the couch.

As for the NFL, it's a fundamentally flawed sport that shouldn't exist. It's a shame someone dreamed it up, and Football should assume the same status as Dueling.

Here's Bjorn Borg at 57:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/21/article-2372258-1AE647CC000005DC-523_638x708.jpg

Here's Borg after he's been able to comb his hair:

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01788/bjorn-borg_1788042c.jpg

http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Bjorn+Borg+John+McEnroe+Photocall+nXpg47HYpH_l.jpg

Here's Earl Campbell:

http://www.keyetv.com/sports/features/sports/stories/new-texas-pain-treatment-helps-earl-campbell-others-402.shtml

Can we please stop glorifying Football?

There is a section of the lawsuit that acknowledge...

2014-05-21T06:13:27.680-05:00

There is a section of the lawsuit that acknowledges the players' claims are time-barred. Here's their argument for getting around it:

44. Plaintiffs were not warned about the dangers of: (a) cocktailing; (b) ingesting
medication in numbers beyond a recommended dosage; (c) taking medications for periods of
time significantly longer than medically necessary; (d) the potential for addiction associated with
certain medications the League provided them; or (e) the potential for increased frequency and
severity of injuries as a result of taking medications, including but not limited to Toradol, that
masked pain.
45. The NFL fraudulently concealed these dangers from its players to keep them on
the field when they otherwise should not have been, placing profit before player health.
46. Plaintiffs had no good reason to know of these dangers until recently. Often they
were not even told the names of the medications they were being given. Further, the NFL kept
poor records, to the extent it kept records at all, regarding the medications it dispensed to its
players.
47. Those failures on the part of the NFL constitute substantial factors in causing
Plaintiffs’ injuries and damages.
48. The applicable statutes of limitations are tolled because the NFL’s intentional,
reckless and negligent omissions prevented Plaintiffs from learning of the foregoing hazards to
their health.

it 'pains' me to say this, but the statute...

2014-05-21T06:08:53.737-05:00

it 'pains' me to say this, but the statute of limitations elapsed a long time ago.

what about blaming the applicable drug manufacturers?