Concussion Cover-Up: A Chalk Short Story

This is an outtake from a blog post discussing the Chalk Short Stories over at The Irresponsible Reader. It probably works better in the context of the whole, but, you never know.
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First thing to know is that when Mr. Allison says “Short Story,” he means short. This is annoying, but I'll get to in a moment. However, it's a great length for reading while sitting in uncomfortable hard plastic chairs while waiting for an elementary school musical to begin.

Still, it had juuuuuuust enough of good ol' Chalk to make you want the next novel.

Chalk's trying to track down – or at least confirm the existence of – a report from the 1980's showing that the NFL was fully aware of concussion (and other) risks. A report that just might be an Urban Legend – or it could be the smoking gun to force the League to pony up the money to pay for medical care/damages to many, many current and former athletes. Sort of like the papers that demonstrated that Tobacco Executives knew about Nicotine's addictiveness long ago.

I just didn't get enough to justify Chalk's reaction at the end, not enough meat to chew on during these 12 pages. This one felt incomplete. I'd need to see more of it before I could really get a handle on it.