First Person: Legendary NFL Quarterback Brett Favre on the Truth About Concussions in Football | Ep. 873

The Megyn Kelly Show

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Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Megyn Kelly is joined by Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre, executive producer of "Concussed," as he opens up about the serious issue of concussions in the NFL, his personal experiences with head injuries during his storied career, shedding light on the long-term impact concussions can have on players' health, whether he regrets his NFL career, if he'd do anything differently, the toll that repeated head injuries can take on players, his thoughts on how the NFL can better protect its athletes, how he'd make football safer for all ages, and more. Find out more: https://www.concussedfilm.com/ Grand Canyon University: https://GCU.edu

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, live on Serious XM Channel 111 every weekday at New East.
0:07.0	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly.
0:13.6	Welcome to the Megan Kelly show.
0:15.6	Football is America's most popular sport by far.
0:19.8	And the NFL comes back next week.
0:22.2	But a dangerous element of the game continues plaguing this sport.
0:26.7	A brand new documentary is detailing the horrors of CTE, chronic traumatic encephalopathy through the life of one former NFL player who tragically
0:38.0	died of an overdose accidental after struggling with CTE. The documentary is called
0:44.3	Concussed The American Dream and it's out right now on Apple TV and Amazon Prime and
0:49.7	it's also available at Concussed film.
0:52.8	Dot com.
0:54.1	Legendary NFL quarterback Brett Farv
0:56.8	is an executive producer of Concust,
0:59.6	and he is the man behind this film, which I'll show you a preview of right here.
1:04.7	Former Hawkeye football star Tyler Sash diagnosed with CTE.
1:11.3	I guess if my son was Tom Brady or Brett Farve or some of those guys, it would
1:17.1	get a lot more attention from our country.
1:20.0	Atlanta has selected Brett Favre, quarterback Southern Mississippi.
1:24.4	What I have done it different had I known?
1:32.4	I don't know that.
1:34.0	Tyler just had kind of this magnetic personality.
1:37.6	I can't tell you how many times my head hits the turf.
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