And there are thousands of retired players who had concussions who are leading normal, happy lives. And there are thousands of people who never had concussions who commit suicide.
I’ve had a couple concussions way back when and I never considered ending my life.
And what about hockey players? They get concussions and all other manner of beat up even worse than foolball players.
I don’t buy your claptrap. A good friend of mine, with two superbowl rings, played fullback for two different NFL teams. He knows me—he does not at all remember a very close friend of ours. My friend is in an NFL-University based program that is examening the effects of concussion on the lives of players. The results at this project are limited at the moment, but at least there is hope. I hear the great howls of how football players should be left alone to clobber one another, from FReepers who have never played the professional game. I haven’t either, but I have friends who have. Their stories about how a teammate came off the field, put on his civies, then couldn’t find the team bus or his family or car, are very frightening.