southsider2k5 Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/league-of-denial/ Did anyone else watch the PBS Frontline episode on CTE in football, and how the NFL has handled it historically? I haven't quite finished it (got about 15 minutes left to finish on the DVR), but it is an interesting show so far. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 I missed it last night (dinner at the parents') but I plan on watching it tonight. This is the one that the NFL forced ESPN to pull out of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 9, 2013 -> 09:46 AM) I missed it last night (dinner at the parents') but I plan on watching it tonight. This is the one that the NFL forced ESPN to pull out of. There is an ESPN reporter who is in the special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/sports/f...ed=all&_r=0 On Thursday, ESPN, which has spent heavily in recent years to build its investigative reporting team, abruptly ended its affiliation with “Frontline,” a public affairs television series that was weeks from showing a jointly produced two-part investigative project about the N.F.L.’s contentious handling of head injuries. The divorce came a week after the N.F.L. voiced its displeasure with the documentary at a lunch between league and ESPN executives, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation. They were involved with the project for over a year, but left abruptly earlier this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 Here is an article from teh show... http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sp...ex-nfl-players/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 Also the link to watch the show on-line http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/league-of-denial/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Is there any episode of Frontline that isn't meant to enrage and/or depress you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 9, 2013 -> 10:00 AM) Is there any episode of Frontline that isn't meant to enrage and/or depress you? Next on Frontline, why orphans and puppies should be murdered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 9, 2013 -> 10:03 AM) Next on Frontline, why orphans and puppies should be murdered. No, no, it'll be about how orphans and puppies are murdered by banks in coal mines that are polluting the water tables and also kicking the poors while having corrupt police shoot you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 9, 2013 -> 10:05 AM) No, no, it'll be about how orphans and puppies are murdered by banks in coal mines that are polluting the water tables and also kicking the poors while having corrupt police shoot you. Except the police have to be Muslims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cknolls Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 I did watch about an hour. Was amazed that only 20 something reporters covered that press conference at the Super Bowl in 2009. seems like a story right in their wheel house. Also that NFL doctor (Dr. NO) is a freaking bad person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 QUOTE (Cknolls @ Oct 9, 2013 -> 10:54 AM) I did watch about an hour. Was amazed that only 20 something reporters covered that press conference at the Super Bowl in 2009. seems like a story right in their wheel house. Also that NFL doctor (Dr. NO) is a freaking bad person. The parts that shocked me were the 18 and 21 year old's they found with CTE, and that the female Dr who was doing the brain exams found 45 of 46 ex-NFLers brains had CTE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 QUOTE (Cknolls @ Oct 9, 2013 -> 10:54 AM) I did watch about an hour. Was amazed that only 20 something reporters covered that press conference at the Super Bowl in 2009. seems like a story right in their wheel house. Also that NFL doctor (Dr. NO) is a freaking bad person. Urge to kill shill doctors...rising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I believe there is some irony that advances in helmets that were suppose to protect the brain may actually contribute to more brain injuries than leather and no face masks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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