ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) -
Tonight at 7 p.m. on CBS Atlanta News: Athletes at Risk.
It's no secret football is a contact sport, full of hard hits and tough tackles. Come fall, players young and older put their bodies on the line.
Experts find that players' heads take the brunt of the blows. The same hits fans love to cheer for can also cause a debilitating neurodegenerative disease.
Reporter Jennifer Mayerle looks at the world of football, the risks, as well as what's being done at the youth level and in the legislature to keep players safe.
CBS Atlanta's Tough Questions special also gets answers to the questions you're asking.
Are big banks forging documents to force you into foreclosure? Should our teens be getting gastric bypass surgeries? And we dig into the background of a 14-year-old boy, to find out what led him to brutally murder his great-grandmother.
These investigations and much more will be revealed, tonight at 7 p.m. on CBS Atlanta News.
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