Difficile d'être insensible au sort de ce sportif modèle. Williams incarnait tout ce à quoi on doit s'attendre d'un véritable professionnel. Retraité depuis longtemps et après 24 opérations au genoux droit, Williams n'a plus les moyens de s'offrir les soins de santé nécessaires. L'article du Washington post pose la question: qui doit payer?
"Once, Williams was the NFL’s high ideal. From 1976 to 1989 he was a spring-legged linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals who set franchise records and played in two Super Bowls. Off the field, he was a civic-minded Dartmouth graduate who won humanitarian awards and served as a city councilman while he was still playing. He was so loyal to the game that he was a pallbearer at legendary team founder Paul Brown’s funeral. He would even be invited to apply for the job of NFL commissioner.
But now, Williams and his battered legs amount to a bill no one wants to pay. Since 2005 Williams, 58, has suffered a cascade of health problems he says stem from his 14-year football career, including multiple knee replacements and a bone infection, which he estimates have cost him hundreds of tousands of dollars out of pocket.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/do-no-harm-who-should-bear-the-costs-of-retired-nfl-players-medical-bills/2013/05/09/2dae88ba-b70e-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html?hpid=z1
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