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FRONTLINE: League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion CrisisThe National Football League, a multibillion-dollar commercial juggernaut, presides over America's indisputable national pastime. But the NFL is under assault as thousands of former players claim the league has covered up football's connection to long-term brain injuries. In a special two-hour investiga... ... More

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FRONTLINE: League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis

The National Football League, a multibillion-dollar commercial juggernaut, presides over America's indisputable national pastime. But the NFL is under assault as thousands of former players claim the league has covered up football's connection to long-term brain injuries. In a special two-hour investigation, FRONTLINE and prize-winning journalists Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada of ESPN reveal the hidden story of the NFL and brain injuries, drawn from their forthcoming book League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth (Crown Archetype, October 2013). What did the NFL know and when did it know it? What's the truth about the risks to players? What can be done? The FRONTLINE investigation details how, for years, the league denied and worked to refute scientific evidence that the violent collisions at the heart of the game are linked to an alarming incidence of early onset dementia, catastrophic brain damage, and other devastating consequences for some of football's all-time greats.

Production Year: 2013
Discs: 1
Subtitles: Y
Subtitle Language: English (SDH)
Audio Format: Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 Widescreen

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Eurocat reviewed FRONTLINE: League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis DVD

Informative and a

This is an informative vidoe for anyone in the public relations field or a sports enthusiast. After reading, Slow Getting Up, by Nate Jackson (former Denver Broncos player), I became interested in the amount of injuries in the NFL. The fact players are injured (often severely) on the field and still return to play is provaccative. At what cost to their bodies and welfare do these players, many who love the game for what it is, contnue to play? What is the NFLs responsibility to the players and the public?

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Enlightened reviewed FRONTLINE: League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis DVD

Wow!

So powerful and intriguing! I honestly happened upon this documentary on PBS one night and had every intention of surfing the channels for something else to watch, but I could touch the remote. My son plays football and is ecstatic about signing up to play for his high school. He was blind-sided when I told him that because of the dangers of football and the dramatic research linking it to brain damage which has resulted in many suicides, I cannot in good conscious as a mother allow him to play. He is pretty upset, but I will be having him watch this so he can understand that I come from a place of love and concern. I am hoping to share this with friends so they can be informed before putting their kids on the field. ITS A MUST SEE!

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L L. reviewed FRONTLINE: League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis DVD

Hidden Long-Term Neurologic Danger

This documentary shows that the NFL truely doesnt care about their players, only the owners. The cover-ups, the lies, the false research that the leagues physicians, none of them neurologists or neurosurgeons, The susposed research was done by the NFLs lead physician, a rheumatologist. How even the sports news media was slow to respond to this information. The news media would rather cover the Super Bowl preview event than walk across the street to listen to a presentation of real research performed by forensic neuro-pathologists about former pro-football players and even high school football players affected with long-term brain damage. This is a documentary every parent should watch who is considering allowing their son to play football. Every fan of football who watches this documentary will most likely have his/her view of the game altered. I know that it did so for me.