The NFL Pinkiller Lawsuit

8 players have filed a new lawsuit against the NFL for giving them painkillers without telling them all the side effects that the medicine could do to them. Allegedly. Also alleged is that the team doctors gave them the medicine without a prescription and that team doctors did not take good enough care of injured players, with the most serious allegations being that the doctors allowed players to play with broken bones. The doctors knew that the bones were broken, but fed the players painkillers so they could play and did not worry about the broken bones, like Jim McMahon's neck or Keith Van Horne's leg. Allegedly.

A Travesty Of An Investigation

The New York Times investigated the Jameis Winston situation with a female who claims that the Heisman Trophy winner raped her. As expected, the Tallahassee PD and Florida State University didn't do their due diligence with the charge being brought up. And the worst thing is that the people that bungled the investigation and didn't report the information to the proper authorities haven't been disciplined. No one has lost a job, although some people have been told that next time this is the proper procedure.

Here is the link to the investigation and a big FU to all those authorities involved that decided they wanted to protect a star athlete. And it appears that Jameis has had other incidents with females and sexual relations with them. He has some characteristics of a sexual predator according to the reports out there. Yep, someone to be proud of having on your team and in school.

The Death Knell Decision For The NCAA

The NLRB decision in Chicago that says that the Northwestern Football team can vote to form a union is going to cause major changes in college athletics. Yes, the decision will be appealed and will hit the actual court system, but the tide is against the NCAA and it's member institutions. From where I sit, the largest will be the elimination of the NCAA. I will get into that, but first the smaller changes, but they aren't small at all.