| NFLPA Wants NFL Concussion Expert Fired | | |
After careers of getting knocked around, NFL players are suddenly discovering that this kind of behavior doesn't do wonders for the long-term health of their brains and a lot of reports and studies are backing them up on this. But Dr. Ira Casson, who is the co-chairman of the league's committee on concussions, is ready to contest anything or anyone that suggests that concussions and the brain trauma that occurs during the natural progression of a professional football game have anything to do with former players having brain-related problems. So the NFL Players Association is supposedly trying to get Casson ousted from the committee, according to the New York Times. "Our view is that he's a polarizing figure on this issue, and the players certainly don't feel like he can be an impartial party on this subject," George Atallah, the union's assistant executive director for external affairs, told the paper.
Source: New York Times
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