[Redrum]

I'm pretty much done with the NFL for reasons not related to the whole CTE thing.  None of the revelations about the NFL side of the story surprised me.  Money and power beget abuse.  But the implications about the condition itself,  its origins and implications really take the edge off  my long term college football fandom.  At minimum,  I think holding young kids out of football is a great idea.  My folks (and, in retrospect, a very prescient doctor) colluded to do that to me when I was young.  Drove me nuts! Of course, back then the issue was permanent skelatal injuries. Brain damage was never mentioned.

As for college and Stanford football?  Don't ask a crack addict to give up his drug.  But we definitely need to invest more in finding out if and how significant possible damage is at the college level.  Maybe Stanford was onto something when it gave up football and played rugby for 11 years around WWI. 

P.S.  The part with former Giants LB  Harry Carson talking about the violence of the game and his view looking back on his career -- or any NFL player's career--  was really powerful.  Thank God he doesn't seem to have any CTE and his words were like a scalpel cutting through bull****.

[Redrum]

I'm pretty much done with the NFL for reasons not related to the whole CTE thing.  None of the revelations about the NFL side of the story surprised me.  Money and power beget abuse.  But the implications about the condition itself,  its origins and implications really take the edge off  my long term college football fandom.  At minimum,  I think holding young kids out of football is a great idea.  My folks (and, in retrospect, a very prescient doctor) colluded to do that to me when I was young.  Drove me nuts! Of course, back then the issue was permanent skelatal injuries. Brain damage was never mentioned.

As for college and Stanford football?  Don't ask a crack addict to give up his drug.  But we definitely need to invest more in finding out if and how significant possible damage is at the college level.  Maybe Stanford was onto something when it gave up football and played rugby for 11 years around WWI. 

P.S.  The part with former Giants LB  Harry Carson talking about the violence of the game and his view looking back on his career -- or any NFL player's career--  was really powerful.  Thank God he doesn't seem to have any CTE and his words were like a scalpel cutting through bull****.