The mod was created by the Derek Sheely Foundation to bring more awareness to the dangers and warning signs of traumatic head injuries. The NFL has an extremely ugly history with concussions. I won't rehash it all here, but in broad strokes, the American football organization spent years denying a link between head injuries sustained by players and the devastating long-term effects, was eventually sued by more than 4,500 players for negligence and fraudulent concealment, and settled the suit for nearly a billion dollars in 2013. The Madden football series, for their part, included concussions in the games for a few years (in part due to John Madden's insistence), though a less-specific description of "head injury" replaced the term in Madden 13. It's obvious the NFL and the Madden games want to distance themselves from the word "concussion," but now a mod called Modden 26, created by a non-profit foundation dedicated to increasing awareness of sports-related brain injuries, is bringing concussions back into the game—along with their effects. While using the mod for Madden NFL 26, if your player sustains a head injury in the game, you'll begin experiencing some of the commonly reported effects of a concussion, which could be headaches (the screen will throb with a reddish color), shortness of breath (you'll hear the player's ragged breathing), tinnitus (a ringing sound), light sensitivity, nausea, dizziness, and other symptoms, which you'll see and hear manifested onscreen while you play. The mod is meant to be an educational tool, because pro football players aren't the only ones who need to be worried about concussions. According to the American Medical Society, "It is estimated that as many as 3.8 million concussions occur in the USA per year during competitive sports and recreational activities; however, as many as 50% of the concussions may go unreported." If a pro athlete is hurt during a football game he'll be immediately surrounded by medical experts wh