Saving Football

57 Days until training camp (Aug. 18)


85 Days until kickoff (Sept. 15)




The chatter is growing about concussions in football at all levels from Pop Warner to the NFL.

My simple solution has always been: TEACH THE KIDS TO TACKLE!

Right now, so many players go head-to-head on purpose which not only is dangerous, but is a bad way to tackle.

The changes HAVE to be made from the top. NFL Commissioner Roger Godell is, flat out, a liar when he always says he wants to crack down on concussions. If he meant that, he would instruct the refs to IMMEDIATELY eject or at least severely penalize head-to-head hits WHEN they happen on the field. Instead, the league sometimes issues fines after the fact... not good enough.

Watch replays of the SF-New Orleans playoff game from January. Just about every tackle was a vicious head-to-head smash. The refs did nothing, and believe me that's what they've been instructed to do.

And now, there is another option thanks to medical science.

New UCLA-led technology can track brain damage in a player while it happens.

Hopefully this will help to save football.