What does this mean for the future of the sport and our enjoyment of it. A few random thoughts:
- Even more than now, the sport will attract those from a lower socio economic stratus who are willing to take the risk (or do not understand that risk).
- What must be going through Bryan Stork's mind?
- Why don't I feel more guilt in the enjoyment of this sport?
All football fans should watch this. It is very disturbing and MAY make you feel different about the sport. I know I felt kinda physically ill watching it. It made me very depressed about a sport I have loved since I was 6 years old (back in 1968, I'm 53 now). But it's very important to watch.
Also it shows the NFL leadership is so corrupt. Even Jet's fans, would come away thinking, hmm maybe Goodell and Tagliabue are corrupt. I came out of it knowing they are/were corrupt, no ifs ands or buts. Not just corrupt (Goodell has been found guilty of contempt of court several times ), but they are disgusting individuals who do not care about human life, yet all they talk about is protecting the shield and integrity, yet their actions and lies are going to cause lifelong brain injuries to not just NFL players, but football players of all levels.
We as Pat's fans knew all along there are no bounds to what lengths Goodell's and the league's corruption can reach. Deflategate was a nice (for them) distraction for the league to use to sweep the concussion issue under the rug for a little bit of time, but with this and the Will Smith concussion movie that is coming out, they can not hide behind the crooked shield they are trying to protect.
All those idiots who feverishly stood behind Goodell during Deflategate (especially the media) should be ashamed of themselves and should be forced to watch this 10 times in a row and then be forced to answer to the former player's families who were found to have CTE.
My only critique about the documentary was there was no comments about what can be done to avoid these horrible brain injuries and brain damage. Obviously helmets have to be improved, I know in hockey, former players like Mark Messier are working with a helmet company to come up with a helmet that will help players avoid concussions. This has to be addressed immediately in football. Better helmets that can better address the pounding the heads of players take every game has to be invented ASAP.
I guess in the long run, it's not up to Frontline to come up with answers, their job is to report the story. They did a great job.