(05-25-2021 07:17 PM)emu steve Wrote:  Jerry you make a lot of very good points. There are a lot of very good points across the board here.

One here which I think really needs to be looked at is if a player sustains a really bad injury (e.g., spinal) would is going to provide for him for his life time. In the NFL Daryl Stingley had access to NFL resources.

The player doesn't qualify for Social Security disability, workmen's comp, etc. Our friend DP is right. Like they say, "By the grace of God" we haven't had a catastrophic injury which left a player unable to make a living.

I'm replying to myself.

One of the things about topics such as these, unless one is a parent or player or have experience with inter-collegiate sports, we probably don't have good info on what kind of health insurance and say other catastrophic insurance policies schools/NCAA may have.

We can talk about zone vs. man to man defenses, etc. etc. fine. we can watch a game and know what we saw. Fine. There are posters here who are very knowledgeable.

The commercial side of athletics is less well known... (kind of the 'back office' function of any business.

IF anyone is seriously interested in these questions, I know a parent of a recent ACC player. I can ask, "What was his insurance like?" "Did he have other health or long term disability insurance?"