From the New York Daily News: President Obama compared the health risks faced by NFL players to those of smokers and said he wouldn't allow his son to play pro football.
In a lengthy profile by The New Yorker, Obama touched on the NFL's ongoing concussion problem that has shed light on numerous brain injuries suffered by former players.
“These guys, they know what they’re doing. They know what they’re buying into. It is no longer a secret. It’s sort of the feeling I have about smokers, you know?” Obama, a noted Chicago Bears fan, said about the dangers of a career on the gridiron.
Concussions have been linked to dementia, depression and the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), among other conditions, in several ex-players.
Given the information that's now available, the Commander in Chief and father of two daughters admitted that if he were to have had a son, playing football would've been off-limits to him.
“I would not let my son play pro football."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/obama-wouldn-son-play-pro-football-article-1.1584812#ixzz2que2lDY5
Yeah, it's pretty easy to say this considering he doesn't have a son and unless Michelle and him divorce, which is a strong possibility, chances are he will never have a son.
The other strange part of the story is this: "It’s sort of the feeling I have about smokers, you know?” :
And what feeling do you have about smokers as you were one and may even still be one?
And what does this statement about smokers have to do with football playing?
Maybe Obama took a few hits off his bong prior to this interview and that is why he is so screwed up..
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