![]() ![]() That pressure was increased by two very scathing and recent public attacks on the NFL. ![]() The first came from NBC sportscaster Bob Costas, who said on Wednesday that the game of football could become extinct over time because, "the reality is that this game destroys people's brains." And in a specific jab at the NFL's leadership, Costas also said that the league is dealing with the situation in a defensive fashion that is making it look worse. ![]() The NFL certainly looked bad on Sunday afternoon after one of the leading experts on concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, (CTE), caught the league red handed so to speak during the Colts-Steelers game in Indianapolis. Chris Nowinski, himself a former college football player, has been relentless in his criticism of the NFL for not enforcing its own stated rules in treating potential concussions on the field. On Sunday, he immediately noted a very blatant-looking breach of those rules in the way the teams and the referees responded to a player's apparent head injury. He described it live on Twitter:Īnd there have been other instances like this during this season as well. Goodell cannot be blamed when individual teams breach the concussion protocol or the referees fail to properly penalize players on the spot. But he can be blamed for not cracking down at least belatedly or adopting a tougher true zero tolerance policy for preventable concussion danger. ![]()
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