Should Players take civil action

@WestsSupporter said:
If NRL don't do something soon it will come back to bite them in 15-20 years time.

And i hope that it does. There is no major sporting organization that is as shoddy and wishy-washy as the NRL in the world IMO. Rules and regulations, laws of the game etc are just made up on the spot and changed to suit agenda's and the best/most profitable outcome for the NRL itself.
Slimebags like Greenberg rabbit on about player safety when it comes to strictly enforcing the concussion rule but the incident at the start of this season when Penrith's Peter Wallace was so heavily concussed that he crawled on hands and knees for a few metres to get back onside and then propped himself up by leaning against the upright went unpunished.
Yet other more innocuous incidents resulted in fines for clubs who "didn't comply".
 
@cochise said:
@cochise said:
@ricksen said:
@cochise said:
There is a difference in the NFL though, the NFL knew that concussions were causing long term damage to the brain and actively told players that this wasn't the case. They misled players and that is why they are being sued. The NRL has not misled players and could have notified players that the research shows that concussions cause long term effects and put in strict protocols on concussion testing. There is a reason boxing and UFC still exist as a sport and the aim of those sports is to knock your opponent unconscious.

The NFL has not banned shoulder charges, has not banned contact to the head. They have banned helmet to helmet contact and restricted hits on defenseless players and brought in strict concussion protocols.

The misdirection is part of the NFL situation, but there's a duty of care issue as well.

No the NFL was sued and reached a settlement over the concealing of information relating to the long term damage concussions cause and that they returned players to the field too soon despite this knowledge. They were not sued because of concussions occurring in the sport. They were sued primarily because they lied.

PHILADELPHIA – The NFL has reached a tentative $765 million settlement over concussion-related brain injuries among its 18,000 retired players, agreeing to compensate victims, pay for medical exams and underwrite research.

A federal judge announced the agreement Thursday after months of court-ordered mediation. It came just days before the start of the 2013 season.

More than 4,500 former athletes -- some suffering from dementia, depression or Alzheimer's that they blamed on blows to the head -- had sued the league, accusing it of concealing the dangers of concussions and rushing injured players back onto the field while glorifying and profiting from the kind of bone-jarring hits that make for spectacular highlight-reel footage

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000235494/article/nfl-explayers-agree-to-765m-settlement-in-concussions-suit

Though after looking into this there are a couple of lawsuit that have recently been launched that state that players were coached to lead with there head when tackling in 70's and 80's. So this does support your argument. This is likely to be unsuccessful as the previous settlement is supposed to include all players who retired before 2014.

Yeah there was obviously a massive settlement recently, but there are more and more spotfires popping up around the place - as you say, who knows how successful they'll actually be.
The NHL situation is largely based upon duty of care rather than misinformation.

Anyway, we're a long way off topic, as neither situation is particularly relevant to the NRL at present.
 
With the lawsuits in the US for sports where they are padded up to the hilt i'd be a little bit concerned if i was working in NRL headquarters in years to come.
 
@glebe_tiger said:
With the lawsuits in the US for sports where they are padded up to the hilt i'd be a little bit concerned if i was working in NRL headquarters in years to come.

Helmets have been proven to make concussions worse. Causes the head to rattle around inside the helmet ant bang against the sides.
 
@magpiecol said:
@stryker said:
Geeze this unfortunate incident has really brought the sooks out.
The whole league world is saying it was a tackle gone wrong. If you want to talk about players being taken out, look no further than Cronk and Thursty….they cop it a dozen times every week.

Tackle gone wrong?

Teddy was nearly on the ground. All James had to do was put a hand on him and the tackle is complete.

Why, if it was an accident, would he go in with a swinging arm with a closed fist??

Get real.

You get real ya sook. It was a tackle you see every week. Nothing in it.
 
@stryker said:
@magpiecol said:
@stryker said:
Geeze this unfortunate incident has really brought the sooks out.
The whole league world is saying it was a tackle gone wrong. If you want to talk about players being taken out, look no further than Cronk and Thursty….they cop it a dozen times every week.

Tackle gone wrong?

Teddy was nearly on the ground. All James had to do was put a hand on him and the tackle is complete.

Why, if it was an accident, would he go in with a swinging arm with a closed fist??

Get real.

You get real ya sook. It was a tackle you see every week. Nothing in it.

I agree stryker, you see much worse every week. Anyone who has played a competitive game would know these things happen sometimes, especially when you have a player who goes in hard.

Also the NFL comparisons imo are of minimal concern. Cases that pass in the US often get thrown out here and as long as the game is being proactive (HIA's and so on) they will be covered.
 
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