While I do believe the players are to be commended for agreeing to contribute their brains to this important reseach for the study of concussions, especially among young players, my home page just had the subject title as the headline which I thought made it sound like a supermarket tabloid headline:

http://www.comcast.net/articles/sports-nfl/20090914/FBN.Concussions.Brain.Donations/

There's a few on this board on the waiting list to trade up to one of those brains.

>
> I know you may be tired of hearing about the concussion bill, but I
> needed
> to share the latest success story.
>
> As of Saturday night 9-12, approximately 407,200 coaches, players, and
> parents
> have been trained in concussion awareness ALL in the State of Wasington.
>
> By the first of May this number will exceed 3.5 million people nation
> wide
> as other states have adapted these standards for athletics.

>
> On September 15 on HBO Brian Gumbel is doing a special on the Lystedt's
> and the resultant bill. I encourage you to view it if possible.

Kudo's to our own Lofa Tatupu for his committment to the study. That guy is truely dedicated to the sport.