This report from the New York Times alleged that the NFL has been covering up concussions for years. Dr. Ann McKee, a neuropathologist, examined 111 NFL players and 110 of those players had CTE. "The brains here are from players who died as young as 23 and as old as 89. And they are from every position on the field — quarterbacks, running backs and linebackers, and even a place-kicker and a punter".  The most common position to get concussions were linemen with 44 of the 110 cases of CTE. Although this stat is a little exaggerated because there are offensive and defensive linemen, it makes sense that lineman had the highest rate of CTE. "Linemen knock heads on most plays, and those who study brain trauma say the accumulation of seemingly benign, non-violent blows — rather than head-jarring concussions alone — probably causes C.T.E.". These are not light hits either. "Data compiled by researchers at Stanford showed that one college offensive lineman sustained 62 of these hits in a single game. Each one came with an average force on the player’s head equivalent to what you would see if he had driven his car into a brick wall at 30 m.p.h.". These are just some of the shocking facts and statistics that this study shares. This study shows that concussions in the NFL are a problem and need to be given more attention.  Are these concussions just caused from the violent nature of the sport or is the NFL dismissing concussions?

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