they (teammates) probably threw some "liquids of an unknown substance and consistency" in front of him as he was unabating himself into the outside wall like a race car at a nascar event.
This is the piece that is up for debate i think. The "gross negligence" part. The concrete causing the injury is just semantics that is easily proven. Making a case that the concrete portion is knowingly unsafe after it has been that way for over a decade will prove to be tough. And if the NFL does set those standards for the stadium it is absolutely their liability and Reggie will most definitely add them to the case.
Nope, as I wrote in another post, if players have no warning or barrier at all between a playing surface & other surfaces that are known to cause slips & falls, the Owner of the facility is liable. It's just that simple. Even a warning sign mounted to the wall would have been sufficient, if the concrete needs to stay for some reason (camera dollies, etc.). Think of the warning signs between lace-up areas & locker rooms at ice skating rinks--kinda hard to walk on tile or concrete wearing ice skates. The signs warn skaters to remove skates before entering an area; any warning sign to players to stay off of utility surfaces would be sufficient.
I'm quite sure that the NFL has to have a minimum requirement for a game to be played. If the facility meets those, then I don't see how they are responsible.
