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Bob Costas: NFL "At A Crossroads" Over Players' Mental Health

NBC’s Bob Costas appeared on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight” last night and said the NFL “is at a crossroads because there’s an issue about the fundamental nature of the game.” Costas: “It’s so popular and so profitable, but it takes a tremendous toll on many of those who play it. Not just body, but as we’re now learning, mind and emotions.” He added, “It’s a legitimate question to ask whether, for some players at least, the toll that the game takes … (and) the culture of the league increases the likelihood of aberrant behavior” (“Piers Morgan Tonight,” CNN, 12/10).

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