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By accepting a $ 765 million, the NFL successfully delayed having to deal with the growing problem of serious concussions

NFL trial of concussion explained

is a testament to the massive financial success in the NFL who can claim victory, while agreeing to provide $ 765 million. The truth is that if the proposed massive, to be paid to former NFL players and their families, regulation says it will be a great victory for the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell. While evidence that NFL players serious life-changing risks to health due to a concussion and other injury risk, this solution, which will surely help those involved and their families, actually ends the first major threat to the current existence of the NFL without forcing the league to make significant changes.

At first glance, it might seem that the NFL has lost a lot of time here, after it was forced to pay $ 765 million to more than 4,500 former players, with full before taking account of attorney "fees to fund medical examinations, concussion-related compensation and medical research program.'' Although it would cost about $ 170,000 per player it is also distributed to each player, it is reported that actual payments may be linked to a specific disease of the individual. addition also estimated at $ 75 million settlement factors go towards medical tests and remains would be about $ 10 million for scientific research.

So make no mistake, this is a large sum of money, do not expect Roger Goodell to take a joke and Randy Moss on the payment "cash directly home" Even a look at the finances of the NFL once, it is clear that this will not be a devastating blow. The NFL has made $ 9.5 billion last year alone. In relative terms, this is a small price to pay to avoid facing the fact that literally killed their employees. In addition, about half of the money will be distributed over the next 17 years, which seriously reduces the immediate financial consequences of the league.

Given the fact that many had predicted that demand would cost the NFL $ 5-10 billion euros, it is difficult not to see this as a great victory for the league, not if it is more convenient to turn out that way. Sports Illustrated's Peter King, whose transformation into Propaganda Minister Roger Goodell is almost over, put his head on Twitter to reject suggesting that this was a kind of financial victory for the league, Twitter out "I love you all calling 765m $ feed ". (Clarin, in perhaps the only funny thing to come out of this story, told with a visual aid to show exactly why many experts believe that this fact was "silly", relatively speaking.)

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a clear victory was perfectly fine with advertising could be found in the press release accompanying the announcement:

The agreement is not, and can not be considered as an admission of liability in the NFL, or a recognition that plaintiffs injuries were caused by football.

As evidence of catastrophic health risks involved in football at the highest level, the NFL began to pages of tobacco as a filibuster and providing the scientific evidence increasingly bleak. The NFL is a violent, dangerous to each player who enters the field puts your body and health, physical and mental, in the short term and long term on the line. This agreement will allow the NFL to continue without any change beyond mere cosmetics. David Roth SB Nation points that most depressing of a totally depressing resolution:


The NFL could ease in a number of ways, the carnage of the game makes both before, during and after the systematic imposition. I could try, while making money at historical rates, to be better than that. If the agreement is not a total failure, but also does not require that. And the NFL will not change in either direction that science and morality as well have if you need to. The agreement means that the NFL did not change, and it will not.


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Our founders had their faults, and great moral blind spots - but in freedom, they were far ahead of his time





in the presidential election of 2016 begins to focus, the desire of my heart, a leading candidate to take the next speech, or similar





Thank you for taking time from your busy schedule to listen. I want to do more than listen, but I want you to listen, because none of what I mean in this country is more important than what I am going to discuss today

The issue is freedom.

We lose our freedom. In some cases, eliminated. In others, we give them away. If we do not reverse course, and soon, we will lose altogether. And if that happens, we lose our republic.



Freedom is our civic soul. Our founders had their faults, and great moral blind spots. However, in freedom, as it came to be understood, were ahead of their time. All Americans - all - should know by heart a quote from before the American Revolution. It is generally attributed to Benjamin Franklin, and bed. "Those who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"



The limited the power of government constitution by design . His first 10 amendments, the Bill of Rights, are almost entirely limit the power of government. They have to do with options.



For example, as Americans, we choose to leave even offensive speech, because we know that when we protect the speech we hate, we protect our own speech. We chose to make it more difficult to convict the guilty of their crimes, to protect the innocent from being convicted of crimes they did not commit. We chose to accept more disadvantages and risks more to have more freedom.

But too often in our past, and at an alarming rate today, we chose to limit freedoms in order - as we said - for better security and fewer problems. We tend to fix our worst impulses in time, but too late for those whose lives have been damaged or destroyed during these pulses are the law of the land. As Martin Luther King Jr. said, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it tends toward justice."

But the current threat to freedom is unprecedented.

It starts with the expansion and the executive often uncontrolled. Then add a total inexorable pulse monitoring. Brother expands its reach directly, spying on our digital communications in almost all its forms. The cameras are catching up in the streets of the city, and see where we are heading, and you can be sure that Big Brother wants access to it. And business has been co-opted to the sponsor, forcing them to provide the information they thought we share with them only. Everything happens in massive databases.

soon if it does not change course, everything will be captured and stored. Everything we do and say will be visible to the government, and will be available to post when someone wants to know what we were saying and doing in the past. Although the vast majority of people who enter the public service is good and honorable, history tells us that those who are not abusing their position -. And that power corrupts inevitably



monitoring of all, all the time, 05-05 - reduce the risk of a type of disaster. But is guaranteed otherwise. We all know the types of research that pervasive surveillance is bad for society. Breeds mistrust. It chills free speech, the foundation of freedom. Mass surveillance is not only anti-American as a civic issue. Turn people to be conformist shy innovative, economically damaging and

When people say. "You have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide" I wonder if it is normal to install cameras in their homes, not only in the living room, but the room and bathroom. Ask them if they interfere with a microphone and a video camera every day, so that others can see how what they have said and done.



You're guilty of something. I guarantee you. Lawmakers created a number of new offenses and penalties, and allowed the application of the law to extend the old laws dangerously. Did you ever say anything less than the absolute truth when you complete an online form to use a service We're here to be charged with a crime for it. Besides, it is not necessary to convict at trial. If you are a target, which can ruin you financially if you try to defend yourself. C ' is what we expect in police states and banana republics, not here. As the surveillance state grows, it will create more goals from people like you.

Our leaders have made a calculation in recent years they think they are too afraid, too cowardly to face the truth -.. And you think that freedom is much less important than the temporal safety

We are human. Terrorism release our deepest fears and our most murderous fury, despite the risk of each of us is ridiculously low. We must question merchants fear, and ourselves.



A difficult truth

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adolescents should encourage young children , experts say - from babies to baby boomers , the formula is not so different

This summer, for the first time , the National Portrait Gallery has closed its doors to adults and is open only to teenagers. Galleries and museums in London often seem to overlook this age group , with endless daytime activities for children and enrichment courses for adults in the evening , but rarely something for us young people . The young Private View last available after hours access to BP Portrait Award 2013 just for the young . No teachers, parents are not allowed .

The event was organized by the Youth Forum of the gallery, a diverse group of young people that includes both of us. We are attracted to the monthly meetings of the promise of a tasty pizza and in return we give you a new perspective on things. Spent some time in our meetings to discuss how we can encourage young people to become more involved in the gallery, and also help in organizing events throughout the year.

've been waiting to put on an event after hours of this scale, only for the young , for a long time . This event is part of the course Gallery BP Portrait Award : Next Generation Project , which aims to encourage 14-19 year olds to participate in the vertical with the grant - the development of young artists, curators and gallery assistants and these once still a future winner .

Posts ( advance booking , but free) is limited to people in this age group , with about 100 young people attending across London , many of whom had never been in the gallery above . We invite our friends through social media, from the Facebook page of our youth forum and Twitter account of the gallery, and we chose a few photos of people at one of our meetings for e -flyer .

We were fortunate to have some special guests artists exhibitor prices in 2013 , including the first winner of Susanne du Toit and Nobel travel BP , Carl Randall . They gave inspirational talks on the stories behind their portraits and how they began their careers .

also made ??some sessions drawing speed : self- portrait mirror, continuous line drawings , drawings of pairs of memory cards and inspired by the paintings of Carl of his time in Japan drawings. You do not need to be a portrait of experts to try some experimental techniques. We also had competitions, talks Youth Forum and a professional photographer take pictures in the gallery and the management of our emerging popular photo booth . would be easy for an event like this to sound condescending , but it was not . One of the reasons we think it is because we have kept the same basic format as other private views of the gallery - an exclusive invitation , closed to other visitors and welcome speech gallery - but activities , food , drinks added ( mocktails! ) and a playlist that knew the young enjoy.

It was like a feast , as we collectively celebrate the exhibition and the importance of young people involved . Sometimes it can feel like museums and art galleries like children that are easy to take, but fear that the stereotype of the immature, antisocial teenager . It is therefore important to have a group of young people to run programs and give "voice" - making the gallery a more welcoming place, a place where we can enjoy our interests and our creativity. "It was a great idea ," said a teenager who came to our event. " This allows you to view a gallery without the fear of being the awkward kid in a room full of adults . " The legacy of the Paralympic Games in London 2012 Olympics and continues to inspire a generation of young athletes , galleries so why not art is the same for young artists ? The opening was an opportunity to get away from the usual crowd of art with his middle-aged visitors. Instead , we were able to experience the show with friends in a more relaxed atmosphere . Those who were not so used to visit galleries and usually find intimidating, or worse , dull instead we found it fun and friendly .

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