We keep thinking that someone’s damaged future from playing football in the past will finally resonate in the “they knew the job was dangerous when they took it even if they didn’t” crowd, but sadly, Jim Plunkett’s story of constant pain will not do the job any more than anyone else’s.
Plunkett, the former Heisman trophy winner, Stanford and Oakland Raiders star and San Francisco 49er fly-by quarterback, told the San Jose Mercury News’ Elliott Almond all the things – Bell’s palsy, constant paralyzing headaches, an uncertain neurological future – that make his life, in his description, “suck.