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This is a recent letter that Mark Koncar (Green Bay Packers, Houston Oilers 1976 – 1983) wrote to David Weir at the University of Michigan regarding their recent  study conducted for the NFL. Mark was actually one of the participants the University contacted. The study generated a lot of controversy and discussion about the long-term effects of playing professional football in general and energized the debate about concussions in particular. (We posted about the media coverage on the Michigan Study last October – click HERE to read that post.)

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Once in a while, we run across a piece so well-written and easy-to-understand that to try and improve on it would be a waste of time. The following is a recent post written by Jordan Kobritz in The Seymour Herald (out of Seymour, Tennessee) and we’re posting the entire piece with the kind permission of Herald Publisher Joe Karl.

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