News item: A congressional investigation claims officials from the National Football League “improperly attempted to influence the grant selection process” relating to a concussion study being done by the National Institutes of Health.
Even if you don’t read all 91 pages of the report, the title alone should be enough to make you get down on your hands and knees and pray your kid never professes a desire to play football: “The National Football League’s Attempt to Influence Funding Decisions at the National Institutes of Health.”
Congress got involved after ESPN reported last December that the NFL held back some $30 million in promised funding into a study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) because it didn’t want those busybody medical experts from Boston University involved in the project.