On this very site yesterday, there was a post from a Bay Area newspaper article about former NFL players and the pain they live with from injuries sustained during their playing days. Joe Montana was one of the featured players, and Montana referenced how the NFL just sued him for filing for medical expenses (he's getting a knee fixed), coverage he was awarded after winning his case against the 49ers and their workers comp responsibility. So as far as I'm concerned, I can see why Montana told them to stick it. They'll run him out onto their big stage for their benefit, but away from the spotlight, they're screwing him over. Good for Joe.
and...excuse me...what employer...ten years or so after one retires...pays out of pocket for surgery.
Is Joe M broke? There are men who are far older and broken than him who had no coverage. Those are the ones who need that money...not Joe.
Joe, if it wasn't about him and money, should have held a press conference and had five of those old guys show up...and said PAY FOR THEIR SURGERIES...not his own. That would have been far classier.
He just looks really, really SMALL on this.
Workers, freaking comp?
What did he think he was paid all the big bucks for? Because the game was easy, and he should never have fear of injury?
You know, maybe he is just sore about the high salaries now, compared to what he made back then. Poor baby!
He was paid very well for what he did. His promos were well defined. He still has money making prowess today.
The NFL has given him more than he probably ever dreamed when he was sweating things out in high school and college.
What would his life had been like without what Notre Dame and the NFL paved ways for him.
I won't cry for Joe. Gimme a break! He is a ungreatful wretch, for the most part, on this one.
If he had a legitimate beef, he could have used his leverage BEFORE HAND to work things out.
I don't know the details of the knee thing, but if the rules are the rules. The rules are the rules. Does that mean one should go to court to expand them? I think not, but many greedy attorneys push the envelope, and Joe found one to do it for him.
Bad call. Interception on the field of publicity! Returned for a touchdown!