Posts Categorized: Football Head Injuries- Page 2

With more than 2,000 former National Football League players joining in a lawsuit against the league over accusations that officials knew that the athletes were being exposed to dangerous head injuries, the NFL is currently looking into ways to reduce the number of concussions that are occurring. The league’s officials believe that their players have… Read More

On May 2, 2012, future first ballot National Football League Hall-of-Famer Junior Seauended his life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. Like former NFL player Dave Duerson, who took his own life in 2011, Seau presumably avoided damaging his head and/or brain so that the tissue could be studied for the benefit of… Read More

The National Football League is a billion dollar entity that provides the United States with its most popular sport every Sunday for 6-7 months each year. However, that success and the league’s entire future may be in danger now that more than 2,400 former players have come forward, accusing the league of knowingly subjecting them… Read More

In the weeks after the suicide of former pro linebacker Junior Seau, scrutiny over the safety of football and other contact sports has been growing tremendously.  From new protective equipment to player screening tests, brain trauma and concussion prevention has begun to receive the attention most experts believe it deserves. The Guardian Football Helmet Cap… Read More

Eight-year NFL veteran Jacob Bell has decided to walk away from the game of football, partially due to the recent suicide of former linebacker Junior Seau.  Despite signing with the Cincinnati Bengals last month, the 31-year-old has used this new tragedy as motivation to walk away from the game he loves while he still can…. Read More