Americans love their violence.  For most football fans there is no amount of brain damage that will deter them from being entertained. What is particularly deplorable are the educational institutions and the people that claim they care about children who are ignoring the data and continue to send children out on the football field. 

"Mike Ditka, the head coach of the Super Bowl–winning 1985 Chicago Bears team, says that if he had a young son today he would not let him play football.
“That's sad. I wouldn't. And my whole life was football. I think the risk is worse than the reward. I really do,” Ditka told HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, according to the Chicago Tribune."