Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis
Candy, that's the point I was trying to make. It's melodramatic and unfair to paint this incident as a "tragedy" and all the other hyperbolic terms the media have used, when the proper reaction should have been something like, "Well, it's a good thing this happened when he was within easy reach of expert emergency medical attention instead of, say, at three in the morning in his hotel room." (Of course, we don't know whether this was a one-off--the tackle hit him in precisely the wrong place--or an exposure of a serious and up to that point, hidden condition.)
Oh, and by the way, if it ends up that he can no longer play football, he has excellent disability insurance from his employer (all NFL players do, as part of their contracts). Not everyone who has to quit their job because of cardiac or other medical issues has such a safety net.
I'm curious why anyone thinks I was pointing out the "wrong side" by indicating Hamlin's extremely good fortune, but I realize that a LOT of criticism gets thrown at me reflexively here, such as Tom's unthinkingly hostile (and STOOPID) reaction.
Nobody throws criticism at you reflexively. It's totally for wanting to set the record straight and negate your nonsensical postings. You have no idea about an NFL players disability insurance. It's part of the NFLPA agreement not individual contracts. There may be some players that have a disability clause in thier individual contracts, but how could you possibly know anything about that? Why do you reflexively post things as factual when you don't have any facts at all? You have to inject your own special brand of boorishly inept remarks on almost every thread. Why? All you do is post a filthy name-calling rant when you're called out. No proof corroborating your nonfactual posts, just a filthy name-calling rant. Weak as usual, but I expect nothing more from you. I certainly don't expect a truthful rebuttal since your statement is nonfactual and without merit.
By the way, where's that receipt canyon mouth? Oops! Sorry about going off topic.
