Honestly, I completely missed the movie ‘Concussion’ starring Will Smith! When did that get released, I am here asking myself! And maybe many others did too.

Smith obviously hoped big things for the movie and for it’s subject matter to affect the NFL, to bring the conversation regarding players and concussion back to the table!

And he has a right to feel pain for this issue, one that has hardly been tackled!

He wanted the scientific research that the movie highlighted to help create real policy change but was suprised when it was pretty much overlooked!

Talking with Vanity Fair he said:

“I thought ‘Concussion’ would have a bigger impact,… I knew it would be hard because people love the game, but the science is so overwhelming, and it’s something that we really need to take a look at.”

“I thought that people would get behind the mission of that,”

“I was surprised that people were absolutely like, ‘Nope, I’m not stopping watching football, so I don’t want to know.’”

The movie is based on the true story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, a Nigerian American forensic pathologist. he worked hard to prove that repeated blows to the head during football play led to many athletes developing the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE.

The Huffington Post reported (http://huff.to/2d95CJ3):

Last year, researchers with the Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University found that 87 of 91 deceased former NFL players suffered from CTE, “Frontline” reported. Additionally, 131 of 165 individuals who played football at any level ― professionally, semi-professionally, in college or in high school ― tested positive.

In May, the NFL for the first time publicly acknowledged a link between football and CTE. Meanwhile, concussions remain a serious threat for players.

In 2015, the NFL counted 271 diagnosed concussions in practices, preseason and regular season, compared with 206 in 2014, and 229 in 2013, ESPN reported.

Maybe it’s time to keep pushing the movie! Personally I would like to watch it, this issue is important. You can see the trailer below: