Junior Seau’s apparent suicide this week was all the more haunting because there was speculation a year ago that linebacker, a certain Hall-of-Famer, displayed disturbing signs of being affected by the thousands of hits to the head in his 20 years in the National Football League. Now the NFL must do all it can to determine whether Seau was a victim of too many concussions, and decide what can be done to spare other players.

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montclair

05/04/2012 02:44 PM

You can be sure groups like Mothers Against Drunk Drivers will be mounting a campaign to ban football at the high school level. Great fear appeal for increasing membership and expanding the treasury.