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Unfortunately, you are correct.

One question missing did Obama ever play football to have this type of judgement? If not, how does he know?

You don't have to drive drunk to know that it's dangerous, the statistics tell you what you need to know.

Amen

A couple of things that I can add
There is a past precedent for a President getting involved in this debate
Back in the days of no helmets, there was a groundswell of public support to have the game banned becsuse a number of college players died from massive head trauma
Teddy Roosevelt, another POTUS who was a huge sports fan got involved and helped to work out a compromise that lead to rules making helmets mandatory in tackle football
A segment of the population predicted the game would die out.

Presiident Obama didn't say anything that many, many former players haven't said
He was speaking as a parent too, which is perfectly acceptable IMO

As for those who are saying he has no business commenting on the subject, they have no business telling him what he can or cannot comment on.

He was asked a question and he answered it

How many jobs wete lost in the two minutes it took for him to formulate and express his opinion?

And how many would have been created had he said " No Comment?"

That was a rhetorical question

I personally, like knowing what my President thinks about a myriad of topics, no matter what party he belongs to

For instance when Candidate Obama mentioned that The Wire was his favorite TV show, that went a long way with me because it was mine too.

Not necessarily because we agreed, but because it demonstrated a depth of understanding that I found refreshing and enlightening

Others may have felt the exact opposite and that is fine too
Not everyone got the show, but I have found that I have more in common with those that did

That is just me though, and you could apply the same thinking for somione who would have felt the same way if say, George W Bush had said he loved Toby Keith or Trace Atkins or the show 24

I just think it is always good when we know more about what our President thinks about any number of topics as opposed to less

You mean like Dave Duerson's family?
He shot himself in the heart so they could study his brain
And how the fack do you know why Junior Seau shot himself?
Either state your proof or STFU

There is plenty of evidence based on alarming changes in his behavior over the last few years to at least make it safe to assume it was a contributing factor

Anyone who ever met or knew Junior has a hard time believing it didnt play a part, because he was as upbeat and positive as a person could be and that act was completely out of character for him

Just for him to put his family through that was just not in his makeup, especially his mother and father and children

And if you think I am talking out if my ass, my niece is married to a member of his extended family and something drastically changed in the man over the last five years or so and plenty of people noticed and were worried about it

I will breathlessly wait on pins and needles for you to post your proof

I don't think he's worried about it all, was just asked a question about it in an interview and gave an opinion

What's the suicide rate among our war vets? Maybe juuuust maybe our commander in chief should be looking in that direction first, just a thought..

Something changed in his behavior once he stopped playing football, and stopped being in the spot light? Colour me shocked brah.

Also how many people who kill themselves were "always smiling" or "the happiest person around". Smiling doesn't mean you are a truly happy.

Facts are, the suicide rate for regular people is higher than football players.

I don't know why Junior shot himself, but it wasn't because he played football. Also even if it was, no one forced him to play football and he got paid millions. So really this witch hunt for football needs to stop.

You said his concussions played no oart in his suicide
I asked you to prove it
You cant
End of story
Whether it did or not may never be known, but you made the declaritive ststement, not me
Did Dave Duerson's condition have an imoact on his suicide?
Go ahead, deny that
Then you make another statement you cant back up
That hus behavior started changing because he wss no longer in the spot light
Complete BS
That had nothing to do with who Jumior Seau was as a person
You are basing your ststements on NOTHING
Please stop

Just ANOTHER distraction.

OBAMA needs to STFU and do something productive.

All this talk is just about football is just a worthless distraction, and most of the American public will/are falling for it.

this right here. thank god some people see it the way it is

What is your opinion of Obama and football?

Hate Obama
Love football !