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Technicians fall to their deaths from cell towers all the time. Do you think wireless data services are threatened by this? What about factory conditions in China?

We stomach real harm to other people all the time. I don't think the NFL is going anywhere and if they do the concussion issue will be a minor factor.

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> Technicians fall to their deaths from cell towers all the time.

I now have significant reservations about allowing my child to partake in the great American tradition of professional cell tower maintenance.

Sure, your child, but what about someone else's?

Way more people use cell phones than watch the NFL and more people die or suffer life altering injury supporting that industry than they do playing football in the NFL.

I think the fear is that you're wrong, and that a substantial fraction of those who play in the NFL suffer life altering brain injuries, it's just slow and mostly affects players well after retirement so it's not as obvious.

I'm not disputing the health risks to players. Not sure where you got the impression that I was. I just don't think the health consequences to the players will significantly harm the viability of the NFL as a product.

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