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Would you let your son play football?

Apr 13, 2012 | By Ashley FoxESPN.com
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Troy Aikman was right. Football has a crisis, and it is not limited to the NFL. It stretches down through college, high school, even Pop Warner.

Sports Illustrated senior writer Peter King addressed it on Twitter on Thursday morning, the day after Junior Seau was found dead with what the San Diego County medical examiner confirmed was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his chest:

"I wonder how many parents woke up today, read about Seau and Saints bounties, and said: 'I'm not letting ...

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