While football is known for being a rough, injury-inducing sports, most athletes do not go out onto the field thinking that they might die. Unfortunately, this possibility has become reality numerous...
![A recent LA Times article states that "the latest research finds that football helmets, which have been designed largely to prevent skull fractures and brain contusions, aren't all that effective against concussion, which [a]happens when the brain bounces and twists around inside the skull."](https://www.chsperiscope.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/untitled12-e1415814712785.jpg)
