President Barack Obama again voiced concern about the National Football League's concussion rate, acknowledging that players "know what they're doing" but adding that he would not want his child to play the sport at the professional level.
In a profile published by the New Yorker on Sunday, journalist David Remnick asked the president if he has mixed feelings about watching NFL games in light of reports about former players experiencing early onset dementia and other serious conditions as a result of their years in the league.
“I would not let my son play pro football,” Obama said. “But, I mean, you wrote a lot about boxing, right? We’re sort of in the same realm."