Cost of doing business?

"Former South Carolina State football player Robert Geathers and his wife are owed $18 million after a jury ruled the NCAA negligent in failing to warn him of the long-term effects of concussions, according to media reports.
Geathers, 68, is set to receive $10 million after a civil trial that ended late last week in Orangeburg, S.C. His wife, Debra, was awarded $8 million for loss of consortium. The trial lasted just four days, including jury selection, and the jury deliberated for only 1 hour, 50 minutes before delivering its verdict on Thursday, according to The State newspaper in Columbia."

The dude played college football 1977 to 1980, long before anyone took the long-term effect of blows to the head seriously. By that time I think people knew about boxers.

I remember high school football. We all joked about getting your bell rung.

Game over.

If you read the article it seems plausible this is a "one off". Not a lot of evidence that the NCAA (and I am not even sure people in Kansas City DO this) was actively researching and then hiding the impacts of football.

socaltownie said:

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If you read the article it seems plausible this is a "one off". Not a lot of evidence that the NCAA (and I am not even sure people in Kansas City DO this) was actively researching and then hiding the impacts of football.

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You're probably right, but this is part of our discussion in the other thread about California high schools not playing football. I'm sure part of it is parents discouraging their kids from playing for fear of CTE. Thankfully, my child is a daughter. At the time, I told people I was happy that I didn't have to deal with two issues, one being football, the other starting with a c and being something that makes guys cringe.

"a c and being something that makes guys cringe."

Please elaborate.

Bobodeluxe said:

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"a c and being something that makes guys cringe."

Please elaborate.

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Crochet

12 letters. Starts with a c, ends with an n. You can always try a dictionary.

Jeff82 said:

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12 letters. Starts with a c, ends with an n. You can always try a dictionary.

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Congregation? Constitution? Conservation? Constipation? Condensation? Cram-it-all-down?

01Bear said:

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Jeff82 said:

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12 letters. Starts with a c, ends with an n. You can always try a dictionary.

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Congregation? Constitution? Conservation? Constipation? Condensation? Cram-it-all-down?

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My error. It's actually 11 letters, and a cutting instrument is involved.

Jeff82 said:

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01Bear said:

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Jeff82 said:

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12 letters. Starts with a c, ends with an n. You can always try a dictionary.

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Congregation? Constitution? Conservation? Constipation? Condensation? Cram-it-all-down?

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My error. It's actually 11 letters, and a cutting instrument is involved.

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Charcuterie? Cheeseboard? Cheesecakes? Carpentries?

Circumcision is 12.

oski003 said:

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Circumcision is 12.

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Castration is 10. I'm struggling to come up with an 11-letter word that fits.

Justin Wilcox starts with a "J". Now I'm really confused.