Wags, YOU don't have to play football, the kids that participate in football DON'T have to play. The NFL players DON'T have to play football. The amount of studies in the medical community has shown the damage that the constant pounding the head goes thru can create. The same can be said about boxing, MMA etc. People choose to participate, Aaron Hernandez CHOSE to play, Junior Seau CHOSE to play, Terry Bradshaw CHOSE to play and so on. Taking away the game by government control isn't the way to go.