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wrongbutt_longbutt t1_j7spi9t wrote

Reply to comment by c0wpig in How the NFL avoids paying disabled players — with the union’s help by washingtonpost

It's like the state saying they've only wrongly executed a few innocent people.

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jacobobb t1_j7ubtt2 wrote

Point taken, but they would say they have only executed people found guilty. That includes people wrongfully found guilty.

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FellKnight t1_j7vuyf1 wrote

and that's kind of the reason why most scholars are against capital punishment. You can't take it back once you kill someone.

In theory, in a perfect world where you can be 100% certain of guilt, I don't have a problem with capital punishment, but we do not live in that world, and as such, I have to be against capital punishment.

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coronavirusrex69 t1_j7v5ahd wrote

can the players not buy insurance? and their contracts account for the risk and short shelf life that is assumed in the league. and at least at my job, once i'm no longer employed by them, I don't have any sort of benefit plan? and i don't make millions a year.

i get it that it's sad, but nobody is going into the NFL thinking it's not going to take a toll on their body.

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