Lol So disingenuous. These lawsuits against sports leagues are a complete joke. There's a reason why you got paid what you did. What did you expect this sport was ? Ballet? Plus there's still a lot to learn about concussion. But Yah let's only blame the pro league for your issues...
Because your services provide entertainment, and tv networks are willing to shell out $$ to broadcast that entertainment. If you want to put on the SPC "You are being hired to turn your brain into oatmeal" then go ahead and get that collectively bargained.
Your take is a popular one, but it goes against employment law.
You probably drive a car every day. The risks of dying are great. 1 in 272. If another driver is negligient, and blows through a stop sign and kills you, is that just a "Hey you knew the risks. What did you expect?" OR is there legal liability by a negligient person?
The suits are perfectly valid. Assumption of the risk is not a get out of jail free card for someone who acts negligiently. Being a firefighter is dangerous, but if the fire department bys trucks with faulty brakes, or secretly gets suits wthat aren't flame proof... are those risks that were inherent in the job, that the firefighter knew of and made an informed decision to assume? Or is that negligient of the department and they they have some liability?
These things are the facts of the case and are the things that each side can present in court in front of a judge or jury. That judge or jury can decide whose facts to believe, how much weight to give to all the different facts, and how much liability each party has.
That system isn't perfect, but it's a much better system than asking: "What does the HF Boards user I'm Never Wrong Think about this? Ok, there you go,we'll just go with his opinion."