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Originally Posted by KCUnited
I'm no expert, but I don't believe it's the big shots that are the concern, it's the prolonged battle in the trenches that is causing the most damage. Not that big shots aren't having potential long term effects on guys, but the constant brain rattling is the focus.
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For this particular issue, I think you're right.
But lets say that Harrison or someone else uses himself like a missile, goes up high and doesn't just hit someone in the dome, but at a bad enough angle to make him a vegetable or flat out kill him. The speeds involved in the game today make it possible, though still unlikely.
The specter of that happening
on the field combined with stories like these is going to make the 'gladiator' element of the sport too difficult to just ignore anymore.
A bunch of retired players offing themselves may never get it done (we have an obsession with football in this country), but if someone ever actually dies on the field or shortly thereafter, the image will be too much for the NFL to recover from IMO.