On the other hand, he and his owners had to be shamed into those steps by the improving science on concussions and mounting threats of legal liability. He's also pushed for an 18game regular season, and taken the lead in an increasingly disingenuous PR campaign at the game's fans, rather than its players that football can somehow be made safe. Goodell has lent his powers of persuasion to the NFL's "Heads Up Football" initiative, which purports to teach kids and their coaches tackling skills that would minimize potential head and neck injuries.The CSTE was created in 2008 as a collaborative venture between Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the nonprofit Sports Legacy Institute (SLI). The mission of the CSTE is to conduct stateoftheart research of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, including its neuropathology and pathogenesis, the clinical presentation and course, methods of diagnosis and early detection, the genetics and other risk factors for CTE, and ways o