NFL players union funding $100 million Harvard study on injury

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6. Funny I think they are bringing the end of their own business.

I've watched thousands of hours of football in my life, and played some in HS. But even though I still love it, I think football will die out for one simple reason: knowing what we do now, no matter how much I like that game, there is no way I am letting a child of mine play it. It simply is not worth it. And if you don't play football in grade school, you generally never will.

As more parents decide this, fewer kids will play the sport, and thus future generations will have fewer fans. Now I know football will probably remain popular for decades to come, and I for one will still be cheering my home team and my Alma mater as grown men try to knock each other's heads off. But due to the obvious head trauma and joint damage it inflicts on players at all ages and skill levels, American football IMO is at the zenith of its popularity and will ultimately die out.

Studies like this will hasten the decline, which means the player's union in some ironic sense is paying to put themselves out of work.