Football: A Painful Legacy for Players?

Couzens, Gerald Secor · Phys Sportsmed · 1992

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

Do the cheers, salaries, fame, and challenges of professional football make up for the injuries players often cope with long after their football careers are over? Though pro players must come to their own conclusions, high school athletes and their parents often look to their family physician for answers about whether this game is worth the risks.