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President聽Barack聽Obama聽is a聽big聽football聽fan聽with聽two聽daughters, but if he had a son, he says he'd "have to think long and hard" before letting him play because of the physical toll the game takes.

"I think that those of us who love the sport are going to have to wrestle with the fact that it will probably change gradually to try to reduce some of the violence,"聽Obama聽tells .

"In some cases, that may make it a little bit less exciting, but it will be a whole lot better for the players, and those of us who are聽fans maybe won't have to examine our consciences quite as much."

Tom Brady Sr., father of the New Englad Patriots' star quarterback, would agree with Obama. In 2012, he said that he'd be "very hesitant" to let his son play football if he was to make the decision now, the 海角大神 Science Monitor reported.听

The reason, Tom Brady Sr. explained, is that he knows more now about the聽long-term dangers聽connected to the concussions and head traumas that are part of the sport. He also threw his support behind former star quarterback,聽Kurt Warner, who took flak for saying that he would prefer his sons not play football.

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In an interview in the New Republic magazine's Feb. 11 issue,聽Obama聽said he worries more about college players than he does about those in the NFL.

"The NFL players have a union, they're grown men, they can make some of these decisions on their own, and most of them are well-compensated for the violence they do to their bodies,"聽Obama聽said. "You read some of these stories about college players who undergo some of these same problems with concussions and so forth and then have nothing to fall back on. That's something that I'd like to see the NCAA think about."

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello responded Sunday, "We have no higher priority than player health and safety at all levels of the game."