NFL worried over upcoming Will Smith movie "Concussion"
Will Smith's new movie "Concussion" is set to be released Christmas 2015. The movie is "a look at how American football players suffer from major head injuries and life-long debilitating problems as a result of repeated concussions and efforts by the National Football League to deny it."
Source: IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3322364/
Team owners & the NFL are concerned with public perceptions and have met to discuss how to deal with & respond to the film.
Maybe they can get his boss to fire him like they did for Simmons
They should get Wells to prepare a report.
The report will show that concussions don't happen in football, that if they did, the NFL would have a cure and if you challenge Wells' report by filing an appeal, they will come up with some trumped up factually incorrect allegation that assassinate's your character.
Fuck the NFL.
Great snark, but Will Smith IS the boss...
...or Olbermann
The NFL is responsible for Bill Simmons being fired? Probably the best thing the NFL has done in its history.
Only thing I care about is that Will Smith is in the movie....man crush. Lol
Welcome to Earft.
Now that's what I call a close encounter.
...And what the hell is that smell?!?
What a coincidence that movie is playing right now on AMC.
Yo home, smell ya later!
Still use that one. Generally with my kids because it makes them laugh. Thank you, Will Smith.
It's funny because I can see many commending Smith for this. I'd have to see the movie before I place judgement but I can see this just absolutely bashing football and those involved. Will just start a witch hunt.
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It's not like you don't know the risks or what you're signing up for.
I'd say kids from poverty add just a bit of nuance to the situation.
High-risk, high-reward. NFL players don't have to play football, they can use their college degrees to earn a living.
It doesn't seem like you guys have been paying attention to this issue. The NFL was hiding the effects of concussions, not giving proper treatment and returning players to the field too early. It might be, just maybe, difficult to know the risks when they are hidden. Do some reading.
It's not a witch hunt nor has it just started. It's not as simple as NFL players getting concussions, it's the NFL hiding the long term ramifications of concussions from players and the public.
Don't bother arguing, this guy is in denial. No amount of concussion research or seeing the number of former NFL players who can't function anymore will change his mind. He's blinded by his love of the game.
is where you should start your sentence over, because you are saying your going to express your opinion with no basis.
Hopefully they decide to make a film as good as Fifa's.
Hey! Fifa'$ film did well in Russia.
Roger is the worst. I hope there's a scandal. Something as bad as him sending dick pics of his fully erect 3 inch penis to Erin Andrews, her laughing followed by him getting caught choking her on camera followed by him getting pistol whipped by the police. Fuck your puncuations and shit.
mafuckers.
Goodell is obviously bad but he is the owners' puppet. That is the new role of sports commissioners: playing the "bad guy" to the public and providing a face for the horrible ideas of the owners.
I highly recommend the book "The King of Sports." NFL owners are crazy greedy and dishonest. The thought of them squirming over this concussion mess - one they tried for years to keep out of the public eye - is frankly hilarious.
I think the NFL should worry more about deflated balls than concussions.
They're on the right path
I've said all along that the NFL has no room to condemn Brady for failure to cooperate, when the league has years where that has been their standard procedure.
This commissioner is a joke.
are just as bad a steroids.
Will smith is looking old
That's what I thought too. Then I realized it's been more than 20 years since he broke onto the scene.
Age is a bitch.
Debuted in 1990.
Sigh. Me old.
Does Will Smith have gray hair in that picture? What the hell ... time needs to slow down.
Think he may have been dressed "in character" for a press appearance regarding the movie.
Probably the opposite. Dude is 46, he is likely to have gray hair. More likely that all of the photos you see with little or no gray hair for the last 20 years is because he keeps it that way for movies.
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When the NFL stopped the ESPN show Playmakers from going past one season despite great ratings because it hurt their image . That kind of was lame.
And so began ESPN's whoredom to the Shield.
Literally just had this discussion last night randomly with a friend. We wondered why someone else didn't pick it up. Guessing the NFL pressured ESPN to not sell the rights, but that's just a guess.
But not fully aware.
Glad that era is behind us.
Can they just fire Goodell already....
Will Smith's son might be the dumbest person on earth. Totally unrelated I know, but it needs to be said.
And he is a bad actor.
reference.
That seems harsh as hell. What are you basing this on?
I would bet he is basing it on how stupid he is.
If I didn't know who wrote the tweets, I would think his account was satire. He tries to be introspective and existential, but pretty much sounds like your run of the mill teenage stoner. That and he always makes that "I think I smell a rancid fart" face all the damn time.
Jaaaaammmmmmm
watch the movie first. Will Smith in it? No thanks.
How much you want to bet the NFL tries to stop the movie in court?
I will always watch football and I really doubt that the movie will hurt the ratings for the NFL so why worry about it. I get why parents don't want there sons to play football because of concussions, blows to the head or head trauma those are scary things, and I know that concussions can happen in any sport with a lot of contact in it.