Despite all the evidence provided by research the league still declines to admit the long term effects of traumatic brain injuries caused by playing football.
As it often does, the NFL got caught with its hands in the cookie jar, claiming one thing and doing another. This time it was the league taking credit for funding brain injury research while at the same time trying to force the withdrawal of funding for studies that did not conform to a position that was favorable to the league. Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones continues to push the party line in the media.