Anyone familiar with the book League of Denial or the movie Concussion knows the NFL wasn’t exactly quick to embrace the possibility that head trauma in football carries risks so severe, they can be fatal.
To be fair, more recently, the league can be credited with rule changes and concussion protocol that have triggered positive changes in America’s favorite sport.
Still, you have to wonder how much progress remains amid the NFL’s curious handling of the latest concussion statistics.
Last Friday, the NFL reported that concussions in regular-season games in 2015 soared by 58 percent — the most in four seasons — and revealed that helmet-to-helmet hits caused 59 percent more concussions over a year ago.