Ka taƙaita labarin:  Wadanda suka lashe gasar Super Bowl Sidney Rice da Steve Weatherford za su ba da kwakwalwarsu ga binciken likitanci bayan mutuwarsu. Dan wasan New York Giants Weatherford da tsohon mai karɓar Seattle Seahawks Rice suna fatan taimakawa masana kimiyya su ga tasirin girgizar yayin da suke nazarin raunin kwakwalwa. Da yake magana a kan 'Fox da Abokai', Rice ya yi la'akari da cewa yana da takwas zuwa 10 concussions a lokacin da ya NFL aiki, tare da na farko zuwa a matsayin mai shekaru takwas. 'Wannan shi ne karo na farko da na ga taurari, ban da wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo.' Sidney Rice (a hagu), Dr Jeffry Stock da Steve Weatherford (a dama) a lokacin da aka yi amfani da shi a watan da aka yi amfani da shi a cikin kwakwalwa. Bayan ya lashe Super Bowl a 2014, Rice ya yi ritaya yana da shekaru 27 saboda tsoron rashin lafiyarsa na dogon lokaci. Tun lokacin da yake shekara ta 2007, Rice ya ce an dauki raunin da ya faru a kai sosai, amma ya yarda da al'ada yana da wuya a canza. 'Haka kawai aka tarbiyantar da mu. Ina tsammanin al'ada ce, "in ji Rice. 'Kana jin kamar dole ne ka kasance a waje a filin. Gasar ce da aka shuka a cikin ku. Kuna son shi, kuna son kasancewa a can, amma yana da matukar muhimmanci ku kula da abin da ke faruwa lokacin da kuka sami damuwa. ' 'Akwai batutuwa da yawa da suka samo asali daga raunin kwakwalwa kuma ba 'yan wasa ne kawai ba. Wannan ya shafi kowa da kowa, "in ji Weatherford. 'Yawancin abokan wasana da kuma abokaina na kud da kud sun shawo kan girgizar kai da kuma baƙin cikin da ke tattare da hakan,' in ji shi. Fiye da tsoffin 'yan wasa 4,500 suna karar NFL kan raunin kai da suka samu a lokacin aikinsu. Suna gab da sasantawa na kimanin dala biliyan daya (£655m).
Rice da Weatherford sun shiga jerin'yan wasan da za su ba da kwakwalwarsu. Su biyun sun sanar da hakan ne a wani taron manema labarai da suka yi don bikin watan wayar da kan jama'a kan cutar da ke damun kwakwalwa. 'Yan wasan NFL a hukumance sun yi rajista 111 concussions a lokacin kakar wasa ta 2014, ƙasa daga 148 a cikin 2013. Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta NFL ta kusa kammala sasantawa na dala biliyan daya da kusan'yan wasan kwallon kafa kwararru 4,500 kan raunin da ya shafi kwakwalwa.