It would help if they were permanently disabled. Getting into the nfl is another animal completely, but there is something call own occupation insurance, but you'd have to show they were projected as an nfl player before the injury.
Don't be a idealistic simpleton. The policies are specialty and individually underwritten. Most of these policies are about likelihood to play pro. The crap you're discussing is disability and standard fare for carriers like Aflac.
It really could be the Pandora's box with this ruling. That being said, failure to perform on the field and in the classroom could now be considered as a fireable offense. Also if you're an employee, the scholarship now becomes a taxable income source.
I am responding to Droski saying they could all just get this kind of insurance to solve this problem. They can't. I'm not being a simpleton, you just seem to skim threads and pick my posts out without reading the context.
they can absolutely get insurance that covers lost wages because of football injuries or insurance to cover future health costs associated with football injuries. are you arguing they need insurance to compensate people for knee pain or something?
That's what was reported on the radio today. I don't know if it would be illegal or not. I'm sure USW would help organize the whole of scholarship students and financial aid recipients if they could make it work.
