NFL and Tobacco: A Crisis Management Comparison

This chapter explores the unsettling parallels between the NFL's approach to concussion management and the tobacco industry's historical tactics to downplay health risks. By highlighting testimonies and connections between league officials and tobacco lobbyists, it reveals a pattern of prioritizing industry image over player safety. The discussion culminates in a critical examination of the NFL's Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee and its role in manipulating research to obscure the seriousness of concussions.