https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/03/lets-face-it-football-is-doomed/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:22:39 -0400<![CDATA[This week we had Ravens center Matt Birk, a Harvard graduate, wondering aloud if he had damaged his brain by playing 15 seasons in the NFL, while his hard-hitting teammate Bernard Pollard predicted that the league would no longer exist in 30 years. All of that came in the wake of news that former San Diego Chargers star Junior Seau, who committed suicide last year, suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease that had also afflicted at least three other ex-NFL suicides.]]>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:00:12 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/03/lets-face-it-football-is-doomed-n99842