Consussions in the NFL - a serious topic

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When I walk around here I see so many former NFL players (and other sports) who are relatively young yet move around like they belong in an old folks home. Years of killing their bodies day after day has taken its toll and they now feel the long-term effects of aches, pains, and broken bones. But when they're playing they don't think about what will happen in 5-10-15 years when they're retired and can barely move around.

Just like a guy like Mike Webster didn't think while he was winning his Super Bowls as a Center for the Steelers that he was sustaining brain damage that would leave him homeless and dead by age 50.

But anyway, before I digress too far, I'm glad Goodell and then NFL front offices are working to enact these changes because most current players don't seem to realize the long-term dangers they're putting themselves in. And I can understand it, there's a gladiator, show no weakness mentality at play here.

And the fans don't understand it either. That's why we have people say Portis is a punk who only cares about his money since he's not playing. It's why the clip of Aikman getting drilled by Arrington is here. I don't think Buster posted it to show the dangers of concussions, but rather to show how "awesome" it was that Aikman got rocked like that.