Football Players Suffering Brain Damage

American Voices

January 29, 2009 | ISSUE 45•05

Doctors have found a type of brain damage usually associated with boxers in six NFL players who died at age 50 or younger. What do you think?

I've always said that players shouldn't be allowed onto the football field unless they've been doing rigorous exercises to toughen the brain.

Chad Flaherty
Flooring Sales Representative
If I'd known professional football was so dangerous, I never would have let my son join the Atlanta Falcons.

Matt Pergament
Public Relations
Perhaps they should sign a waiver indicating they are willing to take the risk in exchange for, say, tens of millions of dollars.

Francis Judson
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