This $100 million of research would have caused a groundbreaking discovery in one critical area of a player life or health, then we would have succeeded, said Atallah. It an ACL issue or a mental health issue or a concussion issue, if we find one solution to any of those things we studying, it would have been a success. 2013 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company..Many of them are suffering from brain damage, and none of them are getting any better.For the most part, fans seem to have pretty much discarded them as yesterday's news. They would rather focus on whether the Cleveland Browns should draft an offensive lineman in the fourth round than whether a former journeyman linebacker or backup safety can tie his shoes or remember what house he lives in."It's the same thing as back in the gladiator days when the gladiators fought to death," said attorney Craig Mitnick, who represents Karras and hundreds of others in the suit. "Fans care about these guys when