That’s basically what I was trying to say, though I think you actually got the point across better than I did!

I’m not sure how realistic it is to expect a true competitor to want to sit out after a concussion, especially in a chase for a playoff spot. Therefore, I think the league should take matters into its own hands and make it mandatory to sit out. No questions asked. This takes the pressure off the player to make that decision.

Well, we really want to win. We’ve got our starter jackets on and our team colors and we are tailgating our Sunday away for our home team.

Nobody likes a loser.

It is a ‘no pain, no gain,’ refrain. T-E-A-M.

The NFL has concussion syndrome and we are conflicted because we want to be the wild card at least, or better yet, be in the bowl of supers. Once again, the American sports machine collides head first with the idea of ethical conduct. Our compass is so damaged we are unable to tell.

Choose. Choose. Choose.

Now look, you could have the thrill of victory today or the agony of memory disease defeat tomorrow. Come on, it is a no brainer. I mean of course to say, proceed with your swelled brain and scattered thoughts and before you know it you can be like Hansel and Gretel in your own home, dropping sunflower seeds to find your bathroom.

Beware of Mr. Ward with his slippery tongue, confused on loyalty and justness by his blindness for the machismo machine that for so long has given us mean joe’s and the curtains of steel where head on head contact and horse collars are penalized but celebrated.

Mr. Goodell, take a stand, forget the money, think of what is right, kind, safe and you will be a hero, a leader, an MVP among each and every pony leaguer and aspiring QB, RB, DB, OL, WR. Put on your helmet Roger and take the hits necessary to change and evolve this culture of suck it up and lie it up and shoot it up. Get out of the midfield and step around this minefield and be a revolutionary and renaissance man who above all protects and pads a man’s brain for after all, you should know, because of the brain, they are all the little engines that can.

Stop playing the blind sided leader. In this game, there is none.