Former linebacker for New York Giants Harry Carson feels parents need to be fully aware with all the dangers of their children playing football and went to Congress to make sure they are made so.
Not long after the latest NFL CTE study came out, people were wondering what effect this would also have on high school sports. Now we have our answer.
The NFL has made it pretty damn clear to the New York Times how they feels about the comparisons to Big Tobacco. It's looking increasingly likely that the NFL will sue the Times for the article linking the National Football League to tobacco companies.
You remember that article that The New York Times published last week about the NFL claiming they significantly altered the concussion research they funded and essentially comparing them to Big Tobacco?
What was the purpose of one of the NFL's top executives telling a Congressional round-table that there is definitely a link between chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and football?