Report: Majority Of Football Fans Better Informed On Health Of NFL Players Than Parents

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PHILADELPHIA—According to a new study published Monday by the University of Pennsylvania, the overwhelming majority of football fans are far more informed on the health of NFL players than that of their own parents. “Our surveys indicate that despite an intimate, up-to-date knowledge of various ailments affecting star…

PHILADELPHIA—According to a new study published Monday by the University of Pennsylvania, the overwhelming majority of football fans are far more informed on the health of NFL players than that of their own parents.

“Our surveys indicate that despite an intimate, up-to-date knowledge of various ailments affecting star football players, many fans are largely oblivious to any deterioration of health in their mother or father,” said lead researcher Howard Cenotto, adding that the average fan’s awareness of any given player’s medical history—including past injuries dating back to college—far exceeds any knowledge of heart or blood pressure medications recently prescribed to their parents by a primary care...

 

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Majority of football owners better informed on health of NFL players than the players themselves b/c they hid the devastating effects of concussions resulting in CTE like big tobacco did with smoking resulting in cancer.

Why is John Fucking Stossel on the injury cart?

yep

My parents don’t score fantasy points

Tbh I’m not surprised if this turns out to actually be true

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