Why do parents still let kids play football?

Yet another study shows that repeated hits to the head are bad for people. One can start young, or later, but getting cracked in the skull over and over eventually results in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. The interesting thing about the study isn't the "no duh" realization, again, that getting hit in the head is not good for people, but rather why do parents keep letting their children play football? — Read the rest