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FRONTLINE: League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis

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Catalogue Number:  041676
Producer:  PBS Video
Subject:  Health and Medicine, Science, Social Issues, Sports
Language:  English
Grade Level:  9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin:  United States
Copyright Year:  2013
Running Time:  120


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The National Football League, a multibillion - dollar commercial juggernaut, presides over America's indisputable national pastime. But the NFL is under assault as thousands of former players claim the league has covered up football's connection to long - term brain injuries. In a special two - hour investigation, FRONTLINE and prize - winning journalists Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru - Wada of ESPN reveal the hidden story of the NFL and brain injuries, drawn from their forthcoming book League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth (Crown Archetype, October 2013).

What did the NFL know and when did it know it? What's the truth about the risks to players? What can be done? The FRONTLINE investigation details with how, for years, the league denied and worked to refute scientific evidence that the violent collisions at the heart of the game are linked to an alarming incidence of early onset dementia, catastrophic brain damage, and other devastating consequences for some of football's all - time greats. 


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