The New England Patriots star will be heading into another season, as the 35-year-old looks to put up more MVP-like numbers.
His father, Tom Brady Sr., recently talked to Yahoo!'s Mike Silver about letting his son play. Kurt Warner recently said that he wouldn't let his kids play.
Brady Sr. told Silver that if his son was born 15-20 years later, he wouldn't have let him play.
"I would be very hesitant to let him play. This head thing is frightening for little kids. There's the physical part of it and the mental part -- it's becoming very clear there are very serious long-term ramifications," said Brady Sr., who wouldn't let his son play football until he was 14 and had hoped baseball would be his sport of choice.
Many folks weighed on letting their kids play the game ever since the tragic deaths that have happened to star players like Junior Seau and Dave Duerson from football. With that, Brady Sr. went on to defend Warner's comments.
"I think Kurt Warner is 100% correct. He's there to protect his children, and these other people who are weighing in are not addressing the issue of whether it's safe or not for kids. All this stuff about, 'He made his fame and fortune off of football,' that's true -- but we didn't know then what we know now. Apparently, they don't take their own parenting responsibility very seriously, or they don't value their children's health as much as they should."
Brady Sr. would cap off the conversation saying that he's still worried for Brady today playing on the gridiron. He also said that the NFL is becoming a "Russian roulette."
"Absolutely. That never goes away. The answer is yes, I'm concerned. He claims that he's only been dinged once or twice, but I don't know how forthright he's being. He's not gonna tell us, as his parents, anything negative that's going on. I wouldn't be shocked that he would hide that.
"There are distinct personality changes that go along with head trauma. In the old days, it was conjecture. I don't think it's conjecture anymore. And it's Russian roulette. Different people respond differently. Maybe one person avoids it, but not everyone."
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