Jones is in the editing process of a documentary series, “The NFL: The Gift or the Curse?” The first of six planned episodes produced by Jones’ company, Independently Major Entertainment Films, deals with concussions and suicide. He interviewed Ann McKee and Chris Nowinski, co-directors of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University.
Jones decided to make his donation after conducting interviews for the project.
Last week, Junior Seau’s family revealed that his brain showed evidence of CTE when he committed suicide last year. This generation of players is the first to play with concrete evidence that they could be compromising not-too-distant futures by playing professional football.