In continuing to learn about the long-term impact of concussions and head injuries, the NFL is giving campaign contributions to various lawmakers who review research on concussions.
According to a report published Wednesday by Elliott Almond of the San Jose Mercury News, the NFL's gridiron PAC has donated "money to 42 of 54 members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee that began informal hearings last week on one of the league's most pressing safety issues."
The report comes one week after NFL senior vice president for health and safety Jeff Miller said there is a direct link between football and neurodegenerative diseases, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy—commonly known as CTE—while at a roundtable discussion organized by the United States House of Representatives' Committee on Energy and Commerce, per ESPN.