1. What key feature can you find in this Text 6 that does not exist in the previous ones?
    This text contains excerpts and quotations from interviews with people.
  2. What contentious issue is being discussed in this article?
    Dementia caused by heading a football over a long period of time. In particular, it is looking at claims that a number of professional footballers in the 1950s and 60s suffered years later because of the weight of the old footballs.
  3. How does the issue discussed in this article differ from that in the previous texts?
    It is largely based on damage caused over a long period of time as opposed to an isolated bump, bang or jolt. It is also trying to investigate an issue that has its possible causes in events that happened a long time ago.
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  5. Could you use this text as reference material for an academic paper on head injuries in sport?
    This text could be used but once again it would be a useful starting point. You could then go on to analyse the contents of the FA’s commission or details of Dr Rutherford’s research. Quotes might be useful.