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Chase is a solid young man with a great future ahead of him.
I have a question for the experts in the forum. Say Chase has complications from this injury after he's left Gt, does he receive any assistance dealing with said complications or is he on his on?
I assume his medical bills were claimed against his parents insurance plan so who pays the out standing balances; do collectors come after him, his parents, or GT?
I believe that after GT he is on his own for medical insurance. Getting medical insurance after graduation is one of the principal concerns for forcing the NCAA to provide more benefits. See http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/18/us/northwestern-unionization-attempt/
Unlike a proposed settlement in a similar lawsuit against the NFL, this deal stops short of setting aside money to pay players who suffered brain trauma. Instead, athletes can sue individually for damages, and the NCAA-funded tests to gauge the extent of neurological injuries could establish grounds for doing that.
the NCPA objects to the settlement because it includes no money for players who have been concussed, forcing them to sue their schools to pay for any treatment related to concussion symptoms.
How is an injury a sport's team's responsibility more than the player's? Players today are not ignorant of the inherent dangers in sport.
While I think that it's a good idea for teams to provide coverage for their players, I don't think there's some kind of ethical mandate. Participating in sport is a voluntary activity.
How is an injury a sport's team's responsibility more than the player's? Players today are not ignorant of the inherent dangers in sport.
While I think that it's a good idea for teams to provide coverage for their players, I don't think there's some kind of ethical mandate. Participating in sport is a voluntary activity.
Well, if everyone was responsible and ponied up for the consequences of their actions, we wouldn't even need laws, now would we? But … they aren't and they don't.Is agree and I'm so tired of the socialism. If GT wants to provide health benefits then that is a great charitable thing to do but they should not HAVE to. The players are getting a free ride to a world class school. I was a big kid and was decent at football through middle school but I got hit awkwardly a couple of times and probably got a concussion, so I decided I didn't want to deal with that and I quit after that season. My decision. These guys love the game but this isn't the hunger games. No one is forcing them to play. Be a software engineer and sit in a cubicle all day if you don't want to take the chance of getting injured. You'll still make a lot of money and you sit in a comfy chair all day. Jeez what happened to freedom and capitalism.
That being said, chase sounds like a great guy and I hope he has a very successful career. I appreciate his hard work for the team and I hope he does well for the rest of his time at tech and on.
Fans and the players together create the system that we have. The argument that the players create all of this revenue for schools is ludicrous. WE the fans create the revenue. Yes the players are what we go to see but without the players or the fans non of this works the way that it does. It's socialist when you force a company or institution (these players are employees according to many evidently) to give benefits that they don't have to give. That's how it got integrated into the discussion. Good for chase and I hope he does well. I'll try to stay on topic now.Well, if everyone was responsible and ponied up for the consequences of their actions, we wouldn't even need laws, now would we? But … they aren't and they don't.
Tech, like every major athletic institution, is doing pretty well out of the athletes, if not in terms of money, then in terms of prestige and student recruitment. If they don't take it in hand to do something about injuries incurred in activities they sponsor and profit from then some kind of collective decision has to be made to insure that they do. This is like child labor; I bet Tech would be glad to extend insurance coverage, just like most Div 1 schools would. We're not talking about ogres here. But … until everyone does it, you are ceding a competitive advantage to those who decide to not provide it. So nobody gets off the dime.
I'm not sure how "socialism" and "freedom" got into a discussion about basic business responsibilities. Because that's what this is.