I don't think anyone could really eliminate football. American's love to watch football. We could live without football, but no one would be happy about it.
However, I think that equipment to prevent the neurological damage should be made. No sport is as important as the care of one's brain. Once the brain is damaged, there's no going back.
Also, football players should only be allowed to play football if their grades are high Cs or low Bs. Education is very important because most football players don't make a career of the sport. With all the practicing football players do, it doesn't leave much time to study. That's where many sports players mess up. They start to get overwhelmed with their school work and some don't even graduate because of it.
As for the problem with pain killer abuse, I think everyone should know their body's limit. Football players and even the coaches sometimes will over play the players. The players just don't know when to stop. A lot of us do it. We get injured, but we seem to be in denial about it. We put it off as if it's nothing. However, playing on an injury will only make it worse. I think if football players knew their limit their would be less pain killer abuse. They wouldn't need the pain killers because they could sit out a game or two as their injury healed on its own.
The article said that Obama would be skeptical of his son playing football if he had one. I think all parents are a bit nervous putting their kid into football, but I don't think that's the way to live. If you're always afraid to take risks, are you really living? It's okay to play it on the safe side, but I don't think people should play it too safe. No one can be completely safe, something could always happen. Accidents happen. Any sport can be dangerous. Football shouldn't be singled out.
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