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The article reports that optician services provider Specsavers Optical Group Ltd. has sponsored the eye tests for the Meadow Youth Football Club in Great Britain.

The author focuses on the need to safeguard the health of football players and avoiding concussions experienced by them. Topics discussed include the need to ensure the quality of protective equipment worn by football players, the use of the Summation of Tests for the Analysis of Risk (STAR) for evaluating the impact on helmet models and the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for diagnosing health problems in players.

The article discusses research on risk factors for cardiovascular disease in National Football League (NFL) players. Football players were found to have significantly higher rates of hypertension than the general population of young men, despite significantly lower rates of risky behavior such as smoking. This is attributed to the large body size and weight of football players.

The author reflects on the effect of smoking to the health of the football players in Sunderland, England as well as to the residents. He mentions the banning of smoking in the country. Upon witnessing a football team's way of celebration which involves overflowing beers, wild excitement and smoke fags, he brought up the illnesses that the celebration can contribute to the players, including the people around them.