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Here are some interesting perspectives from NFL players on that thought:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2705935-joe-thomas-says-h...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2016/06/07/chr...

Thanks! Impressed how smart and well articulated these players are. Impressive interview from this Chris Borland.

I am used to follow soccer. Soccer players in Brazil don't usually finish school properly and come from very poor background where education is awful even if you finish school. It is a sad state of basic understanding of the world and autonomous thinking.

In the NFL they've all gone to college, and the game selects for mental ability quite strongly. They'll tell you the locker room is not unlike any other professional workplace (except perhaps more fun and with more unity), and while I've never been there, I believe it.

Arian Foster was on the Joe Rogan podcast a while back, they were talking a lot about head trauma, how it affects people and how they're dealing with it in NFL. Very interesting to watch/listen to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neVsniQdOnM

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