NFL Retirement Benefits

Paper Summary:

The paper reveals the serious health issues common to retired NFL players that include long-term medical problems from repeated cerebral concussions, cognitive impairment and football-related dementia. The paper discusses how retirement benefits available to NFL retirees pale in comparison to those available to retirees in other professional sports. The paper discusses how NFL retirees are therefore asking for a system of retirement benefits that appropriately accounts for the physical abuse entailed by their careers, and the long-term medical consequences that are direct functions of having contributed to making the NFL the success it has become.

Outline:
Introduction - Statement of the Issues
Long-Term Medical Problems, Cognitive Impairment and Football-Related Dementia
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Heisman Trophy winner and NFL Hall of Fame member Earl Campbell was a premier running back in the 1970s. In an ear when 300-lb linemen and sub 4.5-second forty yard times for skill position players where both a novelty rather than the norm, Campbell, at 5-11, 240+ lbs with 4.6 speed, was the most formidable big back in the game. Today, at an age where many of his fans are either at the peaks of their professional careers or enjoying very active retirements, Earl Campbell must rely on his wheelchair because he cannot walk more than a few feet without assistance."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Associated Press. 10/24/07 NFL Adds $10 Million To Medical Fund, Latest Step In Dispute Concerning Retirees And Pensions. Retrieved, November 3, 2007, from CBSonline at http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/24/ap/sportsline/main3404035.shtml?source=search_story
• Associated Press. 5/31/07 35 NFL Players Qualify for Dementia-Alzheimer's Assistance Retrieved, November 3, 2007, from FoxNews Web site, at:http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276617,00.html
• Carpenter, L. 10/13/07 Congress Presses NFL, Union On Benefits. Retrieved, November 3, 2007, from WashingtonPost.com at:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101202059.html
• Conrad, M. (1999) Sportslaw History: The John Mackey case. Retrieved, November 3, 2007, from: http://www.sportslawnews.com/archive/history/HT8.html
• Green, T. (1996) The Dark Side of the Game: My Life in the NFL.New York: Warner

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