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Voice of reason

At least one star supports the NFL's top priority

Originally Published: January 6, 2011
By Amanda Angel | ESPN The Magazine

No one is more critical of the NFL's new concussion policies than its players. In fact, Matt Schaub's is a lone voice of concern among a group more worried about saving its culture than protecting its brains.

Last spring, the Texans quarterback became an official spokesperson for the new concussion center at Houston's Methodist Hospital, sitting on panels with physicians and fielding questions from kids, parents and coaches. "He's a good model," says the center's co-director, Summer ...

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