Will Smith — the Fresh Prince, not the Milwaukee Brewers pitcher — has a new movie coming out on Christmas called Concussion. In it, he sticks it to the NFL. Or more accurately, he plays Dr. Bennet Omalu, who stuck it to the NFL.
Omalu is the neuropathologist who discovered chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) by studying the brain of former Pittsburgh Steelers center (and Badger great) Mike Webster. That led to the realization that football and the repeated head trauma that football players endure can lead to all kinds of problems, including dementia, depression and even suicide.
Well, as you can imagine, the NFL didn’t think much of those conclusion.