Researchers at UCLA have found signs of brain damage in living NFL players. Ta-Nehisi Coates imagines the blowout:
I don’t know what the adults will do. But you tell a parent that their kid has a five percent chance of developing crippling brain damage through playing a sport, and you will see the end of Pop Warner and probably the end of high school football. Colleges would likely follow. (How common are college boxing teams these days?)…After that, I don’t know how pro football can stand for long.
