More on Kizer

Why is it up to journalists to raise the issues of player safety? And not the coaches and officials who oversee the NCAA and NFL?

Chicago Tribune columnist Paul Skrbina raises some interesting questions about the hits to DeShone Kizer's head.

To wit, why isn't it Head Coach Brian Kelly's decision about who goes in to play QB and not some "spotter" on the sideline?

Why wasn't a penalty called on the helmet to helmet hit Kizer suffered?

Kelly doesn't think Kizer was at risk after being reinserted into the game?

How come no one is talking about the hit to Kizer and the obvious distress he was in during one of the last plays of the game?

One can make the case that the NFL players get paid for endangering their health and long-term brain health. The same can't be said of NCAA players. Worse, the NCAA and its neanderthal coaches are willfully oblivious and dismissive of the risks and harm that is going on right under their noses.