Swept Under The Rug
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“There were several times where I would say, ‘well you came off the field, what happened'” and he (Junior) would say, “everything gets blurry and I feel dizzy. You just sit there and collect yourself and the doctors back then would say ‘how many fingers am I holding up’ Shake it off and go back in.'”
This haunting recollection from Gina Seau details just how nonchalant the NFL was about head injuries during Seau’s career – going as far as denying there was a link between football and brain disease.