Thirty of 160 NFL players surveyed by The Associated Press say they have hidden the effects of a concussion.
The AP spoke to five players from each of the NFL’s 32 teams from Nov. 2-15 and found many consider head injuries a frightening but perhaps inevitable part of the job.
Of the players the AP interviewed, half said they’ve had at least one concussion and 61 missed playing time. Two-thirds think playing in the NFL is significantly safer than it used to be.
While not a scientific sampling, many of the players answered with startling candor.
Nearly one-fifth of the 160 players worry more about concussions than other injuries. Yet, as New York Giants quarterback David Carr said: “You get back up and things are spinning, but you don’t tell anyone.”
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