The NFL's concussion crisis, explained

The concussion crisis in football is getting harder and harder to ignore. The sport is trying to change the rules to protect players, but danger could be too deep in its DNA.
Further reading:
PBS' great coverage of this issue: www.pbs.org/wgb...
Boston University's CTE Center: www.bu.edu/cte/...
League of Denial Q&A (sbnation) www.sbnation.co...
"Does Football have a future?" (The New Yorker) www.newyorker.c...
Written by Joseph Stromberg
Produced by Joss Fong, Joe Posner, Alex Hawley
Images courtesy of Getty Images
Video footage from:
"League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis" (PBS FRONTLINE) video.pbs.org/v...
"Casualties of the Gridiron" (GQ Magazine)
• Army Fullback Gene Mer...
"Brett Favre on NFL, Concussions" (NBC Today show)
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• Gene Tunney -vs- Jack ...
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• Bob Fitzsimmons vs Jac...
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Michael Boothe
• Crazy peewee football hit
James Taylor
• Avon Park Youth Football
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