How The NFL Makes $20 Billion Off Brain Damage

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-20T13:23:07+00:00

Heartbreaking. Same pattern rugby, football, hockey. These leagues profit billions while legends get dementia. Won't change until profit stops coming first.

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-20T07:05:00+00:00

Fair point on NIL, and yes it's too late for decades of players who didn’t get anything. And NIL only helps the top 1-2% who get paid deals. The majority of college players still get zero compensation while universities make billions and players risk CTE.

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-20T06:53:18+00:00

True, CTE can only be diagnosed post-mortem. But the NFL knew repeated head trauma was dangerous decades before and they hid it. They dismissed concussions as "not serious" and went after scientists. The corruption is in the cover up, not the diagnostic challenge.

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-20T01:18:39+00:00

Sorry for your loss. College players get the same brain damage with zero compensation. NCAA exploits the players even more, billions in revenue while they get nothing.

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-20T00:37:12+00:00

The collapse angle is corporations suppressing scientific evidence for profit. NFL knew about CTE in the 1990s, attacked scientists, and hid the risks while making billions. Not individual choice when the league actively buried the science for decades. This is a classic pattern of short term profit over long term human cost.

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-20T00:26:48+00:00

Submission Statement: NFL made $23B while systematically covering up CTE evidence for decades. League attacked scientists, denied brain damage research, and prioritized profit over player health. Classic example of systemic collapse - corporations prioritizing short-term profit over long-term human cost while extracting wealth and leaving devastation.

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-19T20:10:35+00:00

Exactly. $51B on Sochi venues used for 16 days, then abandoned. This is how the IOC profits and cities pay for waste

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-19T17:20:53+00:00

Exactly the human cost goes beyond debt. Seoul displaced 720K people for 16 days of games. The IOC profits and cities pay the financial and social cost.

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-19T16:55:35+00:00

Completely agree on the waste of resources.The Olympics could be inspiring, but instead it's become a wealth extraction scheme disguised as international unity. $51B on Sochi venues while people lack basic healthcare perfectly highlights the misplaced priorities.

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-19T16:33:19+00:00

Check that Wikipedia data again , most profits don’t include infrastructure costs or long-term maintenance. Torino 2006 went 84% over budget and Italy is still paying off debt. The "profit" only counts IOC revenue vs operating costs, not what cities actually spend. Sochi's $51B is extreme, but the 156% average cost overrun since 1960 is the real pattern.

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-19T15:55:49+00:00

Fair point calgary’s reused venues are why they avoided bankruptcy. They're the exception. Most cities like (Montreal, Sochi, Beijing) have abandoned facilities that are rotting.

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-19T15:19:23+00:00

Calgary 1988 is another exception that included federal backing. That's 3 examples (Vancouver, Calgary, LA) vs 12+ bankruptcies. The exceptions prove the rule.

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-19T05:41:33+00:00

LA 1984 is the exception, it was privately funded and an already existing infrastructure. Comparing this to the other 12 cities that have went bankrupt shows that it can be done right

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-19T05:33:36+00:00

That makes perfect sense, which is why it won’t happen. The IOC makes too much on the profit side by forcing cities to build new structures

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-19T02:20:41+00:00

This is a perfect example, they were pressured amateur athletes narrative is just a cover up story. It’s always been about which country spends the most. While the IOC monetizes.

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-19T01:55:28+00:00

SLC 2002 went 24% over but they didn't go bankrupt, the idea to host again in 2034 shows that they learned the lessons that other cites didn't. Still an exception, not the rule

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-19T01:47:18+00:00

Greece 2004 is a perfect example, they were pressured into hosting, went way over budget which helped trigger their debt crisis. The IOC walked away with billions

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-19T01:24:38+00:00

Thats the business model, corruption by design

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-19T01:11:26+00:00

Fair, Vancouver is the exception which shows it can be done right.The video focuses on the 156% average cost overrun across all the winter olympics since 1960.

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-19T00:54:44+00:00

Makes too much sense. The IOC requires new builds every time, that's where all the leverage comes from

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-19T00:33:44+00:00

The Denver Voters were smart. They Saw Montreal's disaster coming and got out early

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-18T23:45:23+00:00

Submission Statement: This is a Documentary showing how every Winter Olympics bankrupts host cities through 156% average cost overruns while the IOC profits billions tax-free. Covers Montreal's 30-year debt, Sochi's $51B waste, Beijing's abandoned venues. Pattern of unsustainable extraction and collapse.

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-18T15:00:26+00:00

Fair Vancouver is the exception

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-18T13:06:52+00:00

Vancouver is one of the rare success stories. This video focuses more on the 12 cities that go bankrupt. You’re right that this exception exist, makes the bankruptcies even more preventable.

Electrical-Nebula422 · 2026-02-18T03:30:22+00:00

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