For the entirety of my existence, football has been as normal a part of life as anything else. Although I never played on an organized team, like the majority of those that have grown up in the United States, I’ve participated in backyard games, seen it on television, visited games, and supported my favorite teams in full stride, never questioning the danger that is inherent to any sport that involves such a level of violent contact between players. After viewing the movie Concussion and the documentary League of Denial, I have been abruptly torn from my state of ignorance and passive acceptance, finding myself now in a mindset of disgust and contempt for the neglect displayed by the NFL and the public itself.
Previous to the films, I had…