Should the NFL Come with a Surgeon General’s Warning?

A new article from Ozy raises public health issues about football: studies suggest that up to 15 percent of football players may suffer a mild traumatic brain injury — and teenage players may suffer almost 2 million brain injuries — every year. In a congressional hearing earlier this year, a representative of the National Football League, accused by experts and players of hiding the dangers of head injuries for decades, acknowledged a link between brain disorders like CTE and playing football. The league’s response to research linking football to CTE and concussions “in some ways has mirrored Big Tobacco’s response to data linking smoking to lung cancer.” Those similarities include conducting and funding flawed research and targeting children despite the known risks. See the article here.