The Football Concussion Crisis
Science Talk
Scientific American
4.2 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2012
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | There are some things you should always check, like the hygiene rating on your local takeaway, |
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| 0:30.1 | The public has not sat up and took notice until Junior Sayout, because he is a more contemporary player that people know. |
| 0:38.7 | Harry Carson, former New York Giants middle linebacker and member of the NFL Hall of Fame. |
| 0:44.3 | And I'm Steve Merski and this is Science Talk, the podcast of Scientific American, posted on May 15th, 2012. |
| 0:52.3 | But there are other players who committed suicide and no one really cares. |
| 0:56.0 | Ray Easterling committed suicide. |
| 0:58.0 | He wrote me an email March 18th of last year, and it was really a cry for help. |
| 1:04.0 | Carson is obviously talking about the NFL's concussion crisis. |
| 1:08.0 | The head trauma faced by players has been a subject of discussion for |
| 1:12.3 | years now, but it really exploded into the public consciousness with the death of 12-time |
| 1:17.6 | pro-bowler Jr. Seow, who took his own life on May 2nd. Meanwhile, here in New York City, the |
| 1:23.8 | Ensemble Studio Theater with funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has been |
| 1:28.6 | running a new play called Headstrong. The play by Patrick Link illustrates the head trauma |
| 1:34.1 | situation through the story of a woman whose husband, a former NFL running back, has committed |
| 1:39.4 | suicide. It's loosely based on real cases of former players, and its run has been extended to May 27th. |
| 1:47.8 | On May 12th, following a performance of Headstrong, the theater hosted a panel discussion |
| 1:52.8 | moderated by former Dateline NBC Anchor Stone Phillips. |
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