Quote:It wouldn't surprise me if they do. They way they took every precaution to brace his neck and seeing how his legs were not moving as he was carted off, I was scared he might have had a spinal or neck injury. He really slammed his head hard on the turf. When they said it was a concussion I felt a sigh of relief, but a serious concussion could take a few weeks to overcome.


 

It was recently determined that Frank Gifford suffered from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy from having banged his head too much while playing football, and this is an increasing fear for all football players. When you see something like this you have wonder just how much of an effect on the brain these hits have.

 

I think players these days know the risk. It is the only thing they are good at, so it isn't like they can just quit football and become accountants or doctors.

 

As more and more information comes out, less and less parents are going to allow their kids to play football and in 30 years time, the NFL may not even exist.

---