Comments on: Gladwell’s Bruising Hit on the NFL—and What the League Should Do About It http://trueslant.com/zachdundas/2009/10/19/gladwells-bruising-hit-on-the-nfl%e2%80%94and-what-the-league-should-do-about-it/ [Please go to 'Settings' to change your Tagline] Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:39:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Russ Walker http://trueslant.com/zachdundas/2009/10/19/gladwells-bruising-hit-on-the-nfl%e2%80%94and-what-the-league-should-do-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Russ Walker Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:41:11 +0000 http://trueslant.com/zachdundas/?p=330#comment-67 Good ideas for the NFL, but would they really dilute the impact of the research Gladwell wrote about? Dumping half a billion dollars on brain trauma research won't guarantee a cure or anything close to it. Rehabilitation is important and should be done, but does it offset the fact that we fans are demanding that the players risk their future cognitive health for our viewing pleasure? I'm a huge college football fan. The Gladwell piece is tearing me up a good bit. Good ideas for the NFL, but would they really dilute the impact of the research Gladwell wrote about? Dumping half a billion dollars on brain trauma research won’t guarantee a cure or anything close to it. Rehabilitation is important and should be done, but does it offset the fact that we fans are demanding that the players risk their future cognitive health for our viewing pleasure?

I’m a huge college football fan. The Gladwell piece is tearing me up a good bit.

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