And Something a Little Lighter for the Weekend
24 February 2011
Here’s a video clip from the Onion Sports Network (don’t worry – in case you don’t know who they are, the Onion Network is strictly a tongue-in-cheek humor site). Maybe if people could actually experience what a concussion feels like, retired players might finally start getting more attention!
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Categories: News | Tagged: brain injuries, Concussions, Dave Pear, Do No Evil, Electronic Arts Madden Football, football, Madden 12, Madden Football, NFL, Onion Sports Network, RobertinSeattle, The Onion | 
Holy cow! You’d think we never went into the off-season already. Or maybe we just had to wait until Super Bowl was over to get more media attention. But the coverage on concussions has become a loud theme everywhere, especially following the suicide of Dave Duerson last week. Duerson had left instructions with his family to ensure that his brain was donated to the Sports Legacy Institute to look for the presence and extent of CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), the marker for dementia and other brain problems. We had published a critical post on the NFLPA’s three representatives on the 6-member Board for the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle Retired NFL Players Retirement Plan, of which Duerson was a long-standing member. 
More good news – and a little fun – to exercise your brain as the end of the year approaches.