Former NFL safety Hamza Abdullah became the latest to speak out against the league’s treatment of current and former players on Thursday morning. Abdullah, who played parts of seven seasons with four different teams, took to Twitter to blast the NFL and criticize the way he was treated before, during, and after his professional career.
The tweets are very emotional and include thoughts of suicide…pretty sad.
FUCK you NFL for doing your former players the way you’re doing em.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
FUCK you NFL for lying to these people and denying the fact that football causes brain damage.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
Every player understood the risks of playing football, and we did it, and would do it over again!
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
We just thought/assumed we would be taken care of after we were done.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
FUCK you NFL for denying players their benefits and making us go through all these fucking hoops.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
FUCK you NFL because you are the plantation and WE are the slaves!!! #IfYouThinkOtherwiseYouAreDelusional
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
FUCK you NFL for that slave trade you call the "NFL COMBINE", where you strip us of our manhood.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
There’s a reason 80% of former players either go broke or get divorced within 5 years of leaving the game.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
It’s not poor choices by the player, it’s the fucking NFL loading the gun, and us pulling the trigger.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
How many former players have to kill themselves before you guys fucking realize, that they’re pushing us to it.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
I’ve thought about that, and the only reason I won’t, is because I’m Muslim.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
But I do think about if my families life would be better, if I wasn’t here.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
Every time I go to sleep, I pray that Allah takes care of my family, just in case I don’t wake up.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
And quietly, I’m disappointed sometimes when I do wake up.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
I’m married to a beautiful wife, have 3 beautiful children, and my financially GOOD, yet I don’t want to wake up.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
FUCK you Roger Goodell. You would sell your fucking soul for a dollar.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
FUCK you NFL for making people like my brother sign injury waivers that say if they get hurt they get NOTHING!
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
FUCK you NFL. You got too greedy.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
The reason players cover their injuries up, is because the contracts aren’t guaranteed.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
FUCK you NFL for misdiagnosing all of our fucking injuries.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
November 19th 2007 against the Titans, I knocked myself out of a game, and they said I lost my contact. WTF?!?
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
December 9th 2007 against KC I knocked myself out, and they said I got poked in the eye! FUCK you NFL pic.twitter.com/Hh8gRRLgdV
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
FUCK you NFL and NFLPA for sitting back and watching all this shit happen. Save the fucking players.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
Every player should go see a psychiatrist once a week upon leaving the game.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
And the NFL should pay for all this. I shouldn’t have to pay $120 a week to save my fucking life. You should! Our insurance should
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
I love my family, and I love my wife and I love my kids, and I love my friends. I thank Allah for sending me you guys.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
If it weren’t for you guys, these fucking cowards would have won.
— Hamza Abdullah (@HamzaAbdullah21) October 31, 2013
[Deadspin]