When The Five aired clips of former footballers speaking out about the dangers of head injuries from playing football, Eric Bolling apparently decided he knew better.
Cohost Juan Williams asked, “Is this the beginning of the end for pro football, for all football?” He was referring to a settlement of possibly a billion dollars over head injuries.
Bolling called the money a “drop in the bucket” given that it will be paid out over 65 years.
Then he called Brett Favre and other footballers in a video clip “wussies” for saying they wouldn’t allow their sons to play football.
He said the equipment is better, the rules have changed.
Greg Gutfeld was kinda, sorta in agreement. He compared football players to race car drivers who still drive, even though drivers die."The interesting thing is, suicide among the general population is twice as high as former NFL players. you could actually argue that if you pay NFL football, you could slash your suicide risk in half," he continued.
Gutfeld did note that deaths from Alzheimer’s and ALS is “elevated among players” but, he added, “they should be very careful about throwing around the facts and indulging in hysteria.”
Watch it below, from yesterday’s The Five – and you’ll see why Jon Stewart called Bolling “the dumb guy.”
Football is a game that’s brutal to the body and Favre/Ditka have the careers/credentials to back up their statements. Bolling, a guy who never made it further than the 3 games he played in baseball’s rookie league before hurting himself, has no such cred. It’s one thing to disagree with their statement but totally another to personally attack them and insinuate that they are not real men by giving them the wussy (wimpy/pussy) label. But, of course, it’s not like Bolling offers up any insightful commentary or intellectual discourse when he opens his mouth so I shouldn’t be surprised I guess.
“Throwing around facts”? Yeah, let’s not throw any facts at the folks. Bwaaah!
Because one thing we don’t do here at Fox “News” is throw facts around!
