Mike Ditka was one of the toughest NFL players off all time, so when he speaks on concussions and if your kid should play football, it will grab your attention.
“If you had an 8-year-old kid now, would you tell him you want him to play football?” Ditka asks Gumbel.
When Gumbel answers that he wouldn’t, he returns to the question to Ditka. Ditka shakes his head no.
“Nope — and that’s sad,” Ditka said in the piece. “I wouldn’t. My whole life was football. I think the risk is worse than the reward. I really do.””
Ditka is probably the last person I would expect to hear this from.
ESPN and the mothers of America should have a field day with this one.
