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It's not only American football, but also soccer (and rugby).
BBC: Legal action over brain injuries allegedly from football reaches High Court

I believe the defendants(?) are all pro soccer leagues.  I can see that a pro may make an informed decision to accept the risks.

It is harder for me to see college student-athletes doing so.  It is impossible for me to imagine that high-school students could.

If some court somewhere in the US awarded, say, $100M to some FB player for head injuries, I wonder how fast (or slow) the whole FB media-universe would disintegrate.

I suffered a lot of cognitive dissonance surrounding my enjoyment of a sport that demonstrably causes the participants to suffer brain damage, until I just stopped watching a few years ago.  I still follow Stanford's team cursorily here because I can't fully shake it, but I can't enjoy watching the sport the way I once could.  Nevertheless, I don't think other folks see it my way.  People still participate in MMA and boxing and millions of people line up to watch.  Given that background, I am not sure that folks are going to stop participating in, or watching, soccer or football, where there isn't an explicit goal of bashing the other person's head.

[TrumpCard]

It's not only American football, but also soccer (and rugby).
BBC: Legal action over brain injuries allegedly from football reaches High Court

I believe the defendants(?) are all pro soccer leagues.  I can see that a pro may make an informed decision to accept the risks.

It is harder for me to see college student-athletes doing so.  It is impossible for me to imagine that high-school students could.

If some court somewhere in the US awarded, say, $100M to some FB player for head injuries, I wonder how fast (or slow) the whole FB media-universe would disintegrate.

I suffered a lot of cognitive dissonance surrounding my enjoyment of a sport that demonstrably causes the participants to suffer brain damage, until I just stopped watching a few years ago.  I still follow Stanford's team cursorily here because I can't fully shake it, but I can't enjoy watching the sport the way I once could.  Nevertheless, I don't think other folks see it my way.  People still participate in MMA and boxing and millions of people line up to watch.  Given that background, I am not sure that folks are going to stop participating in, or watching, soccer or football, where there isn't an explicit goal of bashing the other person's head.