Maybe I'm being a alarmist but I see our national pastime [[its football not baseball) put at risk like never before. The multi-billion operation which is college football and the multi-multi billion operation which is the NFL could at some point no longer exist due to Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy [[CTE).

Back in the early 1900's when people talked about ending football because players were getting killed playing the game the advent of the forward pass literally saved the game.

Now with the head injuries I can possibly see lawsuits, insurance companies dropping coverage at the high school level, but most importantly parents will not allow their boys to play the game which will drop the talent pool to a level that could make the game unwatchable.

Unless the technology exists to create a helmet that can keep concussions from happening. I see a dismal future for the game of football.