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Play-by-Play: Some Hard Truths About Both Flavors of Football

Tolga Ozyurtcu

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Jul 31, 2017 | 08:00 GMT

Womens Football Alliance player Holly Peterson undergoes a concussion test on the sidelines of a game. Studies have suggested that repeated concussive blows to the head, even those that do not produce concussions, can have a cumulative effect on the brain.

Holly Peterson, #85 of the San Diego Surge, submits to a concussion test on the sidelines during the Women's Football Alliance National Championship game against the Boston Militia at Lane Stadium on Aug. 2, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. The Militia defeated the Surge 69-34.

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