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NFL scoffs at Harvard study arguing against team doctors

Harvard University studied the relationship between NFL teams and their doctors for two years before writing a 493-page report detailing conflicts of interest that put player safety at risk.

The NFL, in turn, essentially threw the report in the trash.

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The study claims to be the first “examining the complicated and often-paradoxical universe of stakeholders that may influence NFL player health.” The report made 76 recommendations to the league on how to better provide care for it’s players without the use of team doctors.