Harry Carson said Monday he has petitioned both the Surgeon General and the Centers for Disease Control to issue a formal warning that “contact sports can be hazardous to your young person’s health.”
“I think when you’re talking about a young person there are so many parents who don’t have a true understanding,” the Pro Football Hall of Famer said at an information session for journalists at NYU Langone Medical Center in Manhattan.
Carson, 62, a Giants linebacker from 1976-88, was an early and visible spokesman for former players suffering from brain injuries and their aftermath and has become an advocate for and adviser to families affected by them.