{"id":77866,"date":"2019-03-15T11:04:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T16:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=77866"},"modified":"2019-03-15T11:04:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T16:04:45","slug":"the-fog-of-war-concussions-in-modern-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/the-fog-of-war-concussions-in-modern-football\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fog of War: Concussions in Modern Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Doug Greenberg<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">The game of football is no longer a contact sport, it&#8217;s a collision sport.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Doug Greenberg MEDILL NEWSMAKERS\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/323920458?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Players launch themselves at their opponents at maximum speed, and put their brains at risk in the process. In this edition of Medill Newsmakers, we speak with the medical professionals fighting against concussions and CTE, as well as a former NFL linebacker who was at the center of it all.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: An MRI at Rush Medical Center. (Doug Greenberg\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Doug Greenberg Medill Reports The game of football is no longer a contact sport, it&#8217;s a collision sport. Players launch themselves at their opponents at maximum speed, and put their brains at risk in the process. 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