NFL may not love the "Concussion" movie

[ReliableOstrich]

Safe to assume Will Smith will not be asked to 'get jiggy with it' during any future halftime shows.

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015...-trailer-nfl-dr-bennet-omalu-cte-brain-injury

As evidence of CTE continues to mount, how should the NFL handle the concussion/CTE situation (beyond the movie)? Change the game/rules? Leave things as is?

As parents suggest their kids take up other sports, over the next 10-20 years we could see viewership and quality of talent diminish.

 

[OrlandNole]

Safe to assume Will Smith will not be asked to 'get jiggy with it' during any future halftime shows.

Taylor Swift is headlining this season's SB halftime to launch a joint initiative with the NFL encouraging players to just "Shake it Off."

 

[cmanole]

I'm seeing double...

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Pussification of America post in 3, 2, 1...

 

[Seminole'13]

I personally wouldn't encourage my kid to play football. Baseball is a fine sport!

 

[QuaZ2002]

I don't think there's anyway to make football "safe". Safer, sure, but it's the little routine hits that over time are causing all the damage. There's a really good article on ESPN about the 49ers former LB Chris Borland who retired after one year and he talks about that.

 

[GwinnettNole]

I personally wouldn't encourage my kid to play football. Baseball is a fine sport!

Soccer and basketball too

 

[ReliableOstrich]

I don't think there's anyway to make football "safe". Safer, sure, but it's the little routine hits that over time are causing all the damage. There's a really good article on ESPN about the 49ers former LB Chris Borland who retired after one year and he talks about that.

Great read: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...s-chris-borland-retirement-change-nfl-forever

If I were the commish of MLS, I would be slashing the NFLs tires at every opportunity. Sponsoring PTA meetings, free soccer clinics, advertising the safety (tho they've got their own - albeit it less epidemic - CTE issues), hosting MLS events in mid-market cities, pushing more USMNT/USWNT and UEFA/EPL coverage. Hell I'd give out copies of EA FIFA video games for free.

This is their great opportunity to seriously pose the question we ask every 4 years.... What if our best athletes played soccer rather than football/basketball.