An NFL star on what the game costs those who play it

Update: 2025-02-17

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Dominique Foxworth played in the NFL from 2005 to 2011. After he retired, he went on to become the head of the NFL Players' Association, the union that represents players in the league. In this conversation, he describes what it was like sitting across from the league's lawyers, advocating for things like players' health care at a time when the risks of playing football were becoming clearer.
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Joe A. Finley II

I mean, he basically laid out the case for WHY owners don't care: people who are already filthy rich dangling in front of you the opportunity of a lifetime, one in which, even in his three short years, presents the kind of wealth the average spectator can't fathom. As he said from the get-go, American football is America (the US) at its finest because it's US Capitalism at its finest--only here even the downtrodden will mostly walk away with a small fortune for a glorified workout.

Feb 26th

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