getting your bell rung

13 years of research by the NFL resulted in this 2007 pamphlet that said multiple concussions may not be bad for you.

Is NFL’s Change Of Heart On Concussions Genuine Or Just Brand-Protection?

By 10.8.13 — Updated: 4.20.16

In 1994, then-NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue responded to growing concerns about concussions and brain injury by saying it was a case of mass hysteria resulting from “pack journalism.” What’s followed is two decades of the country’s most popular professional sports league saying it was researching the topic while being accused by some in the medical community of trying to quash evidence of a correlation between playing football and degenerative brain disease. [More]