An article in the Sept. 30, 2009 New York Times discusses a study that shows that retired N.F.L. players have 19 times the rate of memory-related diseases as other men in the 30 through 49 year-old age group. For those over 50 the rate was five times that of the entire population. While more studies have been called for, this data does beg the question of why we promote football as recreation for young people. Does it make sense to promote a sport where the goal is to collide with each other while running as fast as possible? This is a sport that also produces a large number of concussions, some of which go undiagnosed.
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