“I really thought at first that we could play football safely with better rules and better equipment; I drank the Kool-Aid,” she told me. I don’t believe it can be played safely anymore. I want these young men to leave C.U. with minds that have been strengthened, not damaged.”[Read Michael Powell’s account of a Colorado player struggling with head trauma.] These institutions were founded with the purpose of developing and educating young minds.

Source: New York Times April 18, 2019 09:07 UTC