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On Sport and Society

2015

Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Motion pictures, Football, NFL, Concussions, Dr. Bennet Omalu, Mike Webster, CTE, TAU, Brain damage, Pittsburgh Steelers

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Concussion The Film, Richard C. Crepeau Dec 2015

Concussion The Film, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Several months ago there was a minor flap over the fact that the National Football League was given the right to delete parts of the film “Concussion” before its general release to the public. At the time many, including myself, feared that the NFL would defang the bite of the film. It did not. In fact it’s hard to imagine what the NFL censored in “Concussion” given the devastating nature of the final product which is now in release.