It isn't the concussions that do the permanent damage. It's the repeated strikes/blows to the head. I was a school board member for a few terms and we had many meetings on the issue.

I would not allow my children to play football, but it's a personal choice.

It is a personal choice, but after you dig into the research, it's just too much. It's like the Matrix - do you want the red pill or the blue one?

What is disappointing is seeing first hand my state's sports association's reaction to the evidence. "Too much money to let science and our children's health get in the way." That's reality.

You are talking about taking a risk as a percentage of an "incident". The real danger is in the repeated blows to the head and the damage that occurs years later. Those of you with back/skull/cervical issues know what pain is like when you hit that magical age. The suffering for these kids comes years later and the sports association (including the NFL) ain't going to stop the money train. Bad knees? Get a new one. Brain/neck is damaged, your f$%^d.

These emergency protocols around concussions are a bait and switch, nothing more. The agencies want the public to believe they are on top of it. Again - it's a personal choice but the players and kids need to know the truth. What we do to these kids between the sports and the protein shakes and other shitfull supplements we throw at them is criminal.