Do no harm: Who should bear the costs of retired NFL players’ medical bills?

StAndrew26 said

I feel bad about old, broken players. If you want to say they should have been responsible, that's your perogative. But do you want to write to Drew, Jahri, Marques, Cam Jordan, Martez Wilson, or Jimmy Graham and tell them the most responsible decisions they can make for their future (their bodies, certainly) is to stop playing football, ASAP?

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Not the popular thing to do but that's EXACTLY what they should do... Sure, play for 4 or 5 years and then hang em up!!! You statement is way out there... Basically, these players shouldn't leave the game before serious damage is done cuz we might miss them or not get to enjoy their play????

Everyone needs to read the article before commenting...

These guys have health insurance provided by the league for 5 years after retiring from football if they had 3 years in but 15 years later, there body is falling apart and they're filing workers comp claims and many filing claims in states other then the state they worked trying to circumvent and "work" the system.

There comes a point that if you played for 15 years, there is no way you won't have these kinds of issues.... It shouldn't be anyone's responsibility to take care of these guys any more then has already been provided.... They made the decision to play and continue to play until there body fell apart... They could have easily quit after a few years and got a job where their body wasn't beat up constantly...