NY Times · Mar 25, 2016
Column: After a Step Forward on Concussions, NFL Steps Back
Few things better sum up the NFL's self-serving past efforts on concussion research than a scene from the movie "Thank You for Smoking."
Tobacco industry spokesman Nick Naylor — played by actor Aaron Eckhart — is talking to a class of kids when one says:
"My mommy says smoking kills."
"Oh, is your mommy a doctor?" Naylor asks.
"No," the child replies.
"A scientific researcher of some kind?"
"No."
"Well, then," Naylor concludes, "she's hardly a credible expert, is she?"
Just when you thought the NFL was done playing those kind of games — voila! — along comes yet another.
