There are many who believe that the long-term future of professional football is in jeopardy. It certainly is not on the basis of financial viability, as the NFL is more popular than it has ever been under Roger Goodell and the popularization of fantasy sports.
Rather, there are those—albeit decidedly a minority—who legitimately wonder if we might one day determine that the way the game is played is too barbaric to be condoned. The medical research to that end is only increasingly coming in the favor of supporting the notion that long-term health concerns from an extended career are virtually unavoidable.