League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis 1x113, 2x54

“An interest in NFL is not necessary to be transfixed by the show; the subject matter is just as relevant to any contact sport.” — Matt Butler, The Independent

2014 George Foster Peabody Award

The National Football League, a multibillion-dollar commercial juggernaut, presides over America’s indisputable national pastime. But the NFL is under assault as thousands of former players claim the league has covered up football’s connection to long-term brain injuries. In a special two-hour investigation, FRONTLINE and prize-winning journalists Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada of ESPN reveal the hidden story of the NFL and brain injuries, drawn from their forthcoming book League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth (Crown Archetype, October 2013).

What did the NFL know and when did it know it? What’s the truth about the risks to players? What can be done? The FRONTLINE investigation details how, for years, the league denied and worked to refute scientific evidence that the violent collisions at the heart of the game are linked to an alarming incidence of early onset dementia, catastrophic brain damage and other devastating consequences for some of football’s all-time greats.

The recently updated 2×54 version includes a new prologue and updated statistics from data reported on the subject in 2015.

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