CTE Solution To Prevent The End Of The NFL?

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(08-08-2017, 03:46 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: It's not really a solution because it doesn't fix the problem and it might lower the quality of play because good players might not get to play as long, but, instead of just shutting down the league because of damage to players' brains, what about forcing a player to get a brain scan before the start of every season and, if the damage is noticeable and enough where it will cause problems, force the player to retire.

I understand that a lot of good players would be forced to retire why they're still playing at a high level, but it would save lives down the line and prevent a shutdown of the NFL. which seems inevitable.  

It would also cause players to use their head a lot less if they know that they'd be done with any damage to their brain that is noticeable.  

Thoughts?

This is what a smart person would do to protect themselves, but this is not what greedy owners and league officials will do.  Plus, a vast majority of the players come from backgrounds that would not allow them to have the lifestyle they live without football.  

I think in the end a modification to the helmets is the next step...make them lighter, but stronger, with a padded "concussion cap" like that one player used to wear.  It looked like a mushroom on his head, but it protected him.  Hard to believe the league hasn't adopted that across the board just because it looks weird.  When padded surface would hit other padded surfaces, it would greatly reduce the impact of the hits.  

Legislating the so-called "target area" helps, but then the knees are being taken out.  Do they take that out, too?  You can live without your knees but you sure can't play without them...