Obama, like any parent can influence the choices of his children.
He is merely commenting on the state of football today. Personally, I see many of the heroes of my youth dying early and suffering from dementia
I would not want my son to take the risk either
"MANY"????
Please don't give that crap well 1 is too many crap!
Personal responsibility is what is at stake here!
WHY are idiots like you so concerned about the EXCEPTIONS?
Here are the FACTS dummy instead of just mouthing the bromides of the idiots who can only handle 30 second sound bite/headlines!!!
check out these FACTS!!!
11 PERCENT OF PLAYERS SUING THE NFL NEVER PLAYED A DOWN IN AN NFL GAME
Flynn Files
FACTS:
Take Barneys claim of a deadlier game. When he won Rookie of the Year in 1967, twenty-four players at all levels of competition died from on-field collisions.
Last season, two players died as a result of hits.
Over the last eleven seasons, violent collisions have claimed the lives of less than four players per year.
Football, a sport played by roughly four million Americans, has grown dramatically, and demonstrably, safer since Barney retired.
George Will, who by one metric writes Americas most-read column, contends:
For all players who play five or more years, life expectancy is less than 60; for linemen it is much less.
But its not.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to conduct a mortality study on their profession.
The New York Times columnist then repeated the oft-repeated statistic that the NFL suicide rate i
s nearly six times the national average to buttress his point.
THE FACT:
If using the oft-repeated statistic 6 times national average They would have found 22 suicides if the NFL rate merely mirrored the rate.
They found nine.
Why Everything You Hear About The 'Deadly' Game Of Football Is False - Forbes
So YOU idiots mouthing HEADLINES/sound bites PLEASE DEAL with the FACTS!
1) less players died in all football in 2013 then 47 years ago when 24 players died in 1967!
2) NFL PLAYERS suicides are NOT 6 times national average of suicides but 240% lower then the national average..
But since when do FACTS have any meaning when this country is so bound to believe the ANECDOTAL situation is the RULE!
I.e. we take ONE event and make it sound like it happens ALL the time!
When are we going to be skeptical of every stupid headline/30 second sound bite and learn to THINK question... IS THIS TRUE???