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Jerry Jones likens link between football, brain trauma to debate over red meat

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Stop us if you've heard this before, but Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones remains unconvinced of a definitive link between playing football and head trauma.

"We're at about the same place with brain medicine as we were about 50 years ago with heart medicine," Jones told SI.com's Greg Bishop and Michael McKnight. "I believe we're drawing conclusions so far out in front of the facts. Now, I can live with that, as long as we understand: I've seen milk and red meat [debated] for the last 30 years in terms of whether they're good for you or not.