National Football League legend, and former Green Bay Packers quarterback, Brett Favre was once known for not missing games due to injury. Now retired, with time to mull some things over, the gunslinger is more fearful about how concussions might haunt him at some point in his life.
“Playing 20 years and not missing a game in 19 of those is a great thing, but I can’t believe that it’s going to do anything good for my long-term health,” Favre said to Sports Illustrated. “And there’s not a day goes by—of course, the news that I hear periodically doesn’t help—but there’s not a day that goes by that I don’t wonder…”
That's not all he had to say. Brett Favre would touch on his hope of some miracle drug surfacing to treat such a medical issue.
“Bad news is building, so something has to be done, and it needs to be done quickly,” Favre says. “If we come up with a drug that will treat concussions, maybe guys get back on the field more quickly, but more importantly maybe we don’t have these conversations about present players 20 years down the road, like Tony Dorsett, and Junior Seau, and on and on.”
Favre is not wrong. As more educated information comes out about concussions, with former players often succumbing to its issues, something needs to be done. It just has to. The alternative is letting legends suffer in the shadows long after fans stop caring about them.
Anyway, here is to hoping something gets figured out soon.
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