Marshall Faulk doesn’t sound like a big fan of the former NFL players’ lawsuits. (US Presswire)
For those of you who are upset with former star quarterback Kurt Warner’s thoughts about his kids playing football and him wanting them not to do so (or the similar words expressed by Troy Aikman and Bart Scott and Bernard Pollard), let Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk assuage your fears.

Though he doesn’t go as far as LaVar Arrington, who called it the “sissification” of football, Faulk doesn’t seem all that interested in trying to make the game safer for those who play it.

"It's pretty simple for me," Faulk told the St. Louis Post Dispatch. "Player safety is 'Go play golf. Go play basketball where they call fouls for slapping you on the hand.' ... But it's football. I hope guys get to play longer and there aren't as many injuries as there were in the past. But I'm sorry, it is a contact sport. And I will feel cheated to a certain extent (if too many changes are made) because I want to watch the contact sport that I grew up loving and watching, but I know that's no longer possible."

So, I’m guessing we’re not going to see Faulk join more than 2,000 of his fellow retirees in suing the league for allegedly failing to keep them safe. It also should be noted that Faulk says he never suffered a concussion during his 13-year career. And if you think he supports those who are suing the NFL, you're absolutely incorrect.

“Look, nobody made me play football,” he said. “The problem is the NFL supposedly didn't tell (former players) what could possibly happen if you keep playing. It's just like smoking cigarettes. They tell you what can happen if you smoke cigarettes. It's on the back of the pack. And now there are (public) smoking areas, but it's not illegal to smoke. They don't let you only buy one pack a day. There are no rules on it."

"They're saying that if you had just told me that in Year 5 if I get two more concussions this was going to be the outcome, I don't think I would have played five more years. That's what you're up against. It's not about the actual injury, it's about the information."

And Faulk later admits he doesn’t have all the information. He doesn’t know how his body will feel in 10 years. He’s been lucky so far, he admits.

"But,” Faulk concluded, “I hope we're having a conversation 10 years from now and I can still say I am lucky."

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