I could subtitle this argument " Confessions of a life long Dallas Cow Boy Fan "
If the data exposed on frontline last night is valid and there is every indication that it is, football - the helment and pads kind - on every level must be outlawed.
Kids are suffering life long brain injuries that are flying under the radar of a mentality that supposed only certified cuncussions were the danger. What they missed is the accumulative damage that steadily builds each time these players go to practice! The Doctor on Frontline made this shocking discovery while examining the brain of a 21 year old football player who had never had a single reported concussion. Any " sport" that involves the regular violent collision of the heads of opposing players, no matter what kind of headgear they are wearing should be illegal. THERE IS NO SAFE HELMET, these dangerous collisions must be outlawed in football on every level from Pop Warner to the NFL. Football will quickly become a thing of the past. Fans used To watching three hundred pound linemen cashing into each other aren't going to pay thousands of dollars to watch flag football. Parents used to watch the shoesales person x-Ray their kids feet before Doctors determined that was a bad ides. Droping their kids off to practice a sport where they could possibly be incurring life long brain damage is just dangerous and should be illegal.