While acknowledging those uncertainties, Nauman told me he would never allow a child of his to play football. And now that I’ve seen the pictures of brain changes among “concussion-free” players, I would no more let a school-age child of mine play competitive football than I would let him or her start smoking. At least one prominent football commentator has said the sport is not for his own son. What does it say about us that we derive so much enjoyment from watching other people’s kids take risks we would never accept for our own?
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