Damning for sure -
“I could sum up in one line… NFL is in the business of selling that they are making the game of football safer at all levels -- it is smoke and mirrors but they are masters of smoke and mirrors,” Meagher replied on Aug. 4. “The nhl has never been in the business of trying to make the game safer at all levels and we have never tried to sell the fact that this is who we are… The question is: should we be in that business and if we were, what could we possibly achieve without throwing millions of dollars at education.”
Berland replied: “Very cynical, Gary. Is that your real response?
“Not cynical at all,” Meagher answered. “NFL invests hundreds of thousands of dollars each year around their pr campaign to deal with violence … They produce concussion websites, send former players around teaching young players how to play the game safer, they produce videos for young football players ... I could go on and on ... We do none of that and don’t view it as an important part of our mandate … NFL views their role as being leaders in the game of football …”
Cashman, one of the lawyers for the former players, told TSN that Meagher’s email is evidence that the NHL “has never been serious about player safety at all levels of hockey and has been unwilling to spend the money necessary to be a true leader.”
“This and other unsealed documents demonstrate that the NHL sells and promotes violence – hate, as admitted by NHL executive vice-president Colin Campbell – and that its concussion program appears to have been a public relations ploy to make it look like the NHL has been doing something about concussions and brain injuries,” Cashman said.
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