Joe Namath Says He Wouldn't Play Football Again

ABC News ^ | 2015-04-30 | DEAN SCHABNER

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Joe Namath, one of the most charismatic players in NFL history and one of the game's greatest quarterbacks, said today that if he'd known then what he knows now about concussions, he would never have played football.

Namath, who has recently undergone treatment for brain injuries, was asked in an interview with Tiffany Kenney of ABC's West Palm Beach, Florida, affiliate WPBF-TV whether would still play the game, given all he has learned about the effects of concussions.

"No," he said. "I hate to say that because if I had a child who wanted to play I'd let them play ... but I'd wait 'til he developed a little more.

[SaraJohnson]

“No,” he said. “I hate to say that because if I had a child who wanted to play I’d let them play ... but I’d wait ‘til he developed a little more.

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Brain injury expression, for sure.

[yarddog]

Thanks for that photo.

If you ever saw his whole name you would know why the called him Y.A.

[Covenantor]

And he did it when the season was 14 games at the time.

[MinorityRepublican]

However, the sport has gone over the line of human body tolerance. NO ONE is made to take the sort of punishment which the best are capable of dishing out in this time.

We are not going to have.high schools play football in 10 years