Concussion Inc. (34 page)

Copyright © Irvin Muchnick, 2015

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Muchnick, Irvin, author

Concussion Inc. : the end of football as we know it / Irvin Muchnick.

ISBN 978-1-77090-651-8 (ePub)

Also issued as: 978-1-77090-650-1 (pdf); 978-1-77041-138-8 (pbk.)

1. Football injuries—United States. 2. Brain—Concussion—United

States. 3. Football—Moral and ethical aspects—United States. I. Title.

RC1220.F6M82 2015 617.1'027 C2014-902582-3

C2014-902583-1

Editor for the press: Michael Holmes

Cover design: David Gee

Cover images: brain © angelhell/iStockphoto; helmet © lishenjun/iStockphoto