Football might seem like a fun sport to watch, but the players are doing some life-threatening damage to their bodies! Watch More: Is Our World Just A Simulation? ►►►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHCSTOWvHts&t=1s Support Life Noggin on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LifeNogginStudios?ty=h Follow Us! https://twitter.com/LifeNoggin https://facebook.com/LifeNoggin Click here to see more videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/lifenoggin Life Noggin is a weekly animated educational series. Whether it's science, pop culture, history or art, we explore it all and have a ton of fun doing it. Life Noggin Team: Animation by Steven Lawson Director/Voice: http://lifenogg.in/patgraziosi Executive Producer: http://lifenogg.in/IanDokie Director of Marketing: http://lifenogg.in/JaredOban Head Writer: http://lifenogg.in/KayleeYuhas Sources: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/concussion/basics/definition/CON-20019272 http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/01/09/concussion-epidemic-should-helmets-be-banned-from-football.html https://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/NCAA_Football_Injury_WEB.pdf http://static.nfl.com/static/content/public/photo/2016/01/29/0ap3000000629781.pdf http://sciencenordic.com/head-injury-can-cause-mental-illness http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.13020190 http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/30/us/nfl-concussions-fast-facts/index.html http://blog.gameready.com/blog/bid/294589/The-8-Most-Common-Football-Injuries https://www.verywell.com/common-football-injuries-3120330 http://www.livestrong.com/article/543361-long-term-effects-of-playing-football/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/obesity-could-be-the-true-killer-for-football-players-6188767/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23222088 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18435958 Written by Michael Sago