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NA professional league to place league-wide regulations on "dangerous" acts?
black-shoulder ( Score Rank: User did not make predictions in the last 30 days ) black-shoulder  |  closed on 31-Dec-2008 (311 days ago)
Luc Bourdon, a 21-year-old player for the Vancouver Canucks, was tragically killed May 29 in a motorcycle accident in his home province New Brunswick. Bourdon earned his licence a mere two weeks ago, and was begged by his mother not to buy a motor bike.

This is not the first time that a professional athlete has gotten into a serious injury/lost his/her life in motor vehicle accidents. Ben Roethlisberger, the starting quarterback for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, crashed his Harley a couple years ago and suffered from a very serious injury as well.

To protect their assets, certain teams put into their contracts restrictions for their players to participate in certain "dangerous" activities. No professional leagues, however, have a league-wide stipulation.

In light of Bourdon's untimely death, do you think any of the "big four" professional sports league in North America will develop league-wide stipulation to prevent players from participating in such activities?
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  1. ancienthart ancienthart 480 days ago
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    I'd imagine that players and teams would want the major league officials to keep their cotton-picking hands out of their contracts as much as possible. If the teams are already putting such terms into their contracts, then the league officials probably won't be highly motivated to add league-wide stipulations into place.
    After all, new laws/rules are a sign that people aren't doing what they should be doing.
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  2. black-shoulder black-shoulder 524 days ago
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    In answering this question, I think we need to look at the collective bargaining agreement of the "Big Four." NFL is the only league that has non-guaranteed contracts, meaning that a team can cut a player any time it wants. Clearly, NFL owners have a lot more leverage on the players than any other leagues. Therefore, in the unlikely event that a league can get through a league-wide ban on "dangerous acts" and put that clause into players' contracts, i think it'd be the NFL. Still, even then it will be a long shot.
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  3. will101 will101 526 days ago
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    It is hard to execute a league-wide stipulation. I think it is all up to the individual team to negotiate how much "protection" they should have for their asset. We are talking about personal freedom here as well, so I don't see this happening in any major league.
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