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Head Games: Football's Concussion Crisis
Introduction by Jesse Ventura
Introduction by Jesse Ventura
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I understand that football is a tough sport, and that half the game is
about playing through pain and battling through injuries. You don’t graduate
Navy SEAL training without knowing how to push yourself. But even I
know that toughness has its limits, especially when we’re talking about a
game where 95% of the players have not reached the age of maturity.
This is the kind of book that everybody who is a part of this game—or
any contact sport—needs to read. It has critical information for current players,
former players, and future players. It has important guidelines for the
parents who give permission to their children to put that helmet on and for
the coaches and trainers who are the guardians of those kids on the playing
field. It has fascinating stories for the NFL fans who want to know why their
heroes keep retiring year after year from post-concussion syndrome.
Chances are that if you play football, nothing terrible will happen to
you. But chances are you will suffer at least one concussion every season.
And the difficult truth is that each concussion can have serious consequences
on its own, but that successive concussions can have even greater consequences.
It is the responsibility of players and parents to learn what those
consequences are and what can be done to prevent them. No one should
take the field without a clear understanding of the risks of the game, especially
when just a little education can prevent so much suffering over the
course of a lifetime. JESSE VENTURA
former governor of Minnesota
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