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Meet John Mackey. Tight end for the Baltimore Colts (1963-1971) and San Diego Chargers (1972). Five-time Pro Bowler. Member of the National Football League (NFL) 1960s All-Decade Team. The second “pure” tight end to enter the NFL Hall of Fame...
...Each year in the United States, about 300,000 athletes experience sports-related traumatic brain injuries. In the NFL, approximately 100 players suffer concussions resulting from collisions averaging 98 times the force of gravity...
...facing a growing number of football veterans with deteriorating health, the NFL is beginning an extensive study of the connection between sports-related concussions and chronic brain dysfunction. Plans to address the often devastating side-effects of a professional football career are already in the works. Yet as the NFL devotes funds to researching and treating brain disorders after the fact, the question remains whether the league is willing to make sacrifices to take the safety of its players seriously from the fore. As attention to the relationship between athletics and brain injury is on the rise...
...After former Philadelphia Eagle Andre Waters, whose extreme brain damage has been attributed to repeated concussions, committed suicide this past November, the NFL promised to “begin studying retired players later this year.” Embarking on a study that may cost as much as $3 million over several years, co-chairman of the NFL’s Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI) Committee, Dr. Ira Casson, said the study aimed to determine “whether or not a career in the NFL results in any kind of chronic brain injury...
...NFL draft means many things to many different people: replacing that dreadful quarterback, finding a franchise player, rebuilding a championship team.For six members of the Harvard men’s football team, the draft means the future.By the time this weekend is over, seniors Clifton Dawson, Matt Farbotko, Nik Sobic, Frank Fernandez, Ryan Tully, and Michael Berg will each know one of three things about their immediate post-graduate careers: they were drafted to play pro football, they are going to be free agents with a shot, or their football career is over.According to speculations, the majority will be hearing...