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Tom Brady: Concussions are part of 'physical nature' of football

Tom Brady doesn't worry about concussions and considers them part of playing football, the New England Patriots quarterback says in a television interview to be broadcast this weekend.

"I'm not oblivious to them," Brady tells CBS Sunday Morning. "I mean, I understand the risks that, you know, come with the physical nature of our game."

Brady's wife, supermodel Gisele Bundchen, had said in a May interview that the quarterback has had unreported concussions and she worried about his long-term health. Bundchen’s comments sparked a formal investigation by the NFL and its players union, because the league’s 32 teams are required to disclose concussions and sideline impacted players until they are fully recovered.