By Eddie Pells
AP National Writer 

Concussion expert on Tags: Can't underestimate his decisions

 

February 5, 2017



HOUSTON (AP) — Paul Tagliabue's rejection by Hall of Fame voters didn't come as a surprise to one of the biggest critics of the NFL's research and handling of head injuries.

"You can't underestimate what those decisions made on concussions in the '90s have cost football players and their families," Chris Nowinski told The Associated Press on Saturday night, shortly after the former commissioner was left out of this year's class.

Nowinski is founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, which has received more than 1,400 pledges from former players and military veterans to donate their brai...



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