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On the Ball

Recent articles about the deleterious long-term effects of repeated concussions and other brain injuries on certain athletes resuscitated among some the old assumption that because football, in particular, is such a physical game, football players are probably not all that brainy to begin with. Not so, according to Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, who is quoted in this piece. "When people see the game, they think we’re meatheads; they think of the way jocks acted in high school. But we spend more time studying than we do on the field”: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2014/01/what-makes-a-football-player-smart.html

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