And because of what he now knows about football injuries, NFL players don’t seem so superhuman anymore.
And as another NFL season kicks off this week, these questions haven’t gone away.
Long-term degenerative brain diseases such as CTE and Parkinson’s have become huge concerns for football players and their families.
“This is one reason why NFL fans can cheer for the most violent-looking tackles imaginable – because they are allowed in the game.
“Football fans are like, ‘I love the physicality, but I’m certainly not going to put my child into that,” Wann says.
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