Friday, October 18, 2013

TV Program Review : PBS Frontline “League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis” (Oct. 2013) AAA

If you are a football fan this is a MUST WATCH VIDEO. The implications of brain injury that are discussed could change the sport in this nation . . .from Pop Warner League play to the NFL.

What and when did the NFL know about the long-term effects of head injuries on its players? Frontline‘s controversial documentary League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis  — made even more controversial after ESPN’s withdrawal from it — investigates how, for years, the league denied and worked to refute scientific evidence that playing football is linked to early onset dementia, brain damage and other devastating consequences.  Based on the work of ESPN reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru draws from from more than 200 interviews with scientists, doctors and former players, and includes data from medical records and internal NFL communications.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/league-of-denial/

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