Brain Trauma, the NFL, and Science: League of Denial (Part 3 of 9) | FRONTLINE

"Mild Traumatic Brain Injury" is an oxymoron. There is no such thing as a mild (non-dangerous) brain injury.

The helmet protects only from open wounds and stuff like that, but as Omalu showed in the film, put a ball in water inside a glass jar and shake it violently. Every time the ball hits the glass it makes your brain bleed a little. After a career of football it is like little firecrackers going off inside the brain and makes the cognitive brain a jumbled mess that basically ceases to function.

My grandmother’s cousin played for the Eagles for one year in the 50’s. He was a very smart guy who went for school for biology and understand on some level that this sport was seriously dangerous and hurting his body. He left after that year and joined the air force and married his college girlfriend, whose name I share. They were married until the day she died and he lived until he was 84. I am grateful he understood his own body and brain enough to know how much football could hurt him, as it is probably why we had him for so long.

You would think that it would be common sense that hitting your head that hard isn't healthy for your mind.

I played Football, in the UK as well as in Australia... for twenty some years! I was taught the hard hitting way and that's the way I played -Running back and Linebacker... - concussions were 'par for the course' and never really worried me... at the time! I experienced the same as Troy Aikman and relived the 'forgotten conversation' a number of times, even since moving away from football... desperately trying to write the incidents off, with a laugh and a joke! The whole 'issue' seems so very familiar to me - is kinda worrying, to say the least!

in the rugby world they are taking concussion seriously as players safety are concerned, NFL should change its mindset like now!!

Any of these doctors been sued for malpractice?

U can't let an advisor or anyone hired by the league..it has to be a totally independent research firm untethered from the league: completely

Mild traumatic? That's absolutely laughable and absurd.

what does the fact he went to school in Guadalajara has to matter? like saying he went to school in Wyoming , is that a bad thing?

Very interesting the documentary.  Please, don't forget the close caption.  Thank you.

This is always the result of “internal studies” of controversial groups/topics. If people are studying themselves confirmation bias kicks in and they only look for evidence that will protect themselves

BTW, Even Bill Cosby was a “Dr.” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

These people are liars. This undermines the integrity of the peer-reviewed process ENTIRELY.

I got in a bad bike wreck dirt bike no helmet was never the same doctor said i was fine, i knew i wasnt as i grew up i was a sparring partner for friends who fought all my brothers boxed my dad so i knew how to but like football you take head shots you cab slip some but sooner or later youll get your bell rung , but now older i cant tell , like some might get anger issues , some might get more emotional like saddness and youll forget simple stuff, and you go how T.F did i forget that or you must read over n over just to get it to stick i exercise my brain read out loud and keep it working like any other myscle will you be 100% no but i think it helps.

On the Adam Carolla show we call this game “ Stupid or Liar” 🧐

THIS is what happens to men who become infatuated with wealth. They ROT FROM THE INSIDE OUT, and become zombies with zero respect, zero morals and no conscience whatsoever. They are 100% self absorbed and when they answer to God, no amount of bribery, redirection, or coercion will save people like NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and his co-conspirators, the doctors on payroll.

Follow the money...

NFL should be sued into bankruptcy.

I think Leigh Steinberg really hates the nfl