Among all the Super Bowl week nonsense (Moss vs. Rice), a serious plea from Baltimore Ravens center, Matt Birk.
The Star Tribune reports the St. Paul native and ex-Viking is using this week to urge fellow players to donate their brains — when its time — to a Boston University program that researches brain injuries in sports.
Birk has already signed up for the and hopes others will follow.
As quoted in the Star Tribune: “Once you’re gone, you’re gone … and if some of your organs or body parts can help somebody else or help further the understanding of the effects of football, then I’m all for it.”
