i think for romantic reasons people are talking about green bay. but the infrastructure is not there. the history is there, the stadium is there. vince lombardi, green bay packers, kind of the birthplace of professional football but i can t see you having it there. michael, let s talk about professional safety. terry bradshaw has talked about the fact that he thinks he suffered cognitive problems because of the hits he took and bouts of depression. how do you think the nfl handled it when you were playing and how do you think they are handling it now? when i was playing, you get your bell rung, go back in the game. it seemed to be the way it was. and players seemed to be more in control of going back in a game after a situation like that arose. i think the situation now is great. you take the helmet away from the player. the player has to pass certain tests. if you re on the verge or
treatment. yes, there were areas in my brain that the cells had ceased, quieted down tremendously. and we were concerned a bit. and so i have had some treatment and i feel great. what was itt that made you have the tests? what was going on that made you think something is not right here. this whole issue going on for the last couple of years. reading about it and hearing aboutt it. and going through it. in the nfl i can count the times that i had situations where i hit the ground, hit in the head, you lose it, you don t know for a while. we used to call it getting your bell rung. whenever you took time and oxygen you went back to work. well, hearing what was happening in today s game or the last ten years the awareness that we have now i questioned myself.
i m pretty sure i had a couple when i played pop warner, and it just you know, that was back in the you got your bell rung you ll sit up there, and obviously new protocols now, i understand that. but there s not a lot of science out there about the impact on folks under 18, is there? no, there s very little research at the youth level. there s more at high school and college, certainly. and we re very involved in doing reserve research. we ve had some studies done with accelerometers on pop warner players helmets. we re doing more, we re working with our in discussions with a company on equal technology, testing pads in the labs, defuse the force of the blow much more effectively. we want to track better. we re about to start a two-year study with the researcher tracking all injuries, but particularly concussions in 100 pop warner teams. so we re very involved in that research. all right. jon butler, the executive
when you have a organization that races revenue of $3.3 billion a year, this could be huge. i have a friend that knows everything there is to know about hockey. he said to me a lot of what the history of the players is going to come in to play. you want to get as much ice time as you can. you get your bell rung, you see the doctor, and you don t tell your coach because you want back on the ice. we re relying on the players. that s a legitimate point. obvious they don t want to admit that they re hurt because they lose ice time. and same argument could be made with respect to nfl football players. kids in high school, college players, it s maw choe and you ve got to get back out and play. there s a similarity in both leagues. and it goes to the issue of kauation. was it the nhl that caused your
your body used to make. right. why are athletes so successful using it? because they work. right. and also, take like a guy in the nfl. and they re hitting their heads all the time. when you hit your head, either as a kid did you hit your head as a kid? sure. i had my bell rung, sure. that happened to my son, it jostles the pituitary and for many people and men in particular, you then are depleted of hormones much earlier in life. when my son was 36 are you saying i m dedeplete? no. is that what you re saying? no. we put back the sex hormones to be all that you can be. you want a blood test and make sure that you have optimal healthy levels because you will live a long time. your heart is the largest muscle in your body. it has more tes toast rhone