Mike Ditka: I wouldn't let my son play football

Mike Ditka, the head coach of the Super Bowl–winning 1985 Chicago Bears team, says that if he had a young son today he would not let him play football.

“That’s sad. I wouldn’t. And my whole life was football. I think the risk is worse than the reward. I really do,” Ditka told HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, according to the Chicago Tribune.

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