New England Patriots wide receiver Chad Ochocinco writes letter of support to NFL commissioner
The National Football League (NFL) is under severe criticism these days as its response to the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal and handling of multiple concussion lawsuits by former players has received increasing criticism by both fans and players.
New England Patriots, wide receiver, Chad Ochocinco though has not joined the ranks of most other players in criticising commissioner, Roger Goodell’s decision but has come out in full support of him.
Ochocinco on Friday posted a letter on his own website in which he praised Goodell’s leadership and said that he understands the commissioner finds himself in currently with all the problems.
The wide receiver wrote in his letter.
“I know it has been a rough week, so I wanted to reach out. Players dying, players suing and on top of that my peers are just going off on you in the media. It does not help that ESPN has all of a sudden become Medical TV with d**n near every brain expert
on the planet. This has got to be the worst week ever. Since no one is showing any support, I figured I would be the first.”
The death of the legendary player, Junior Seau and the revelation that concussions he suffered during his career might have played a role in his suicide also increased the pressure on Goodell to do more to improve player safety.
Ochocinco went on to add that.
“Y'all do a darn near perfect job at portraying this game as one played by heroes. But let's be real dad. This is a nasty, dirty and violent game with consequences. Sign up or go get a regular job.”
The wide receiver also went on to warn Goodell to tell everyone bluntly that the game is inherently violent because if he doesn’t the evidence being revealed to the public may say it for him.
At least some players are with the commissioner.
The NFL currently faces hundreds of lawsuits in multiple American courts from former players who claim that the league had not shared its findings over the impact of concussions on their lives and the lack of awareness over head injuries has now severely
affected their ability to lead normal lives.
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