When people think of robots, the last thing they might think of is a football team MVP.

For Dartmouth College, a private Ivy League university in New Hampshire, MVP actually stands for Mobile Virtual Player, and this robot attends every practice.

It is a free standing, remote-controlled dummy that the players can make tackles on during game-like scenarios during practice to lessen the risk of injuries.

While this has been a routine for them since the beginning of the season, it is something that every team should look into as data was just released on the ugly relationship truth between football and concussions.

In an ongoing study by the Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston University and and the Concussion Legacy Foundation, it has been found that 96 percent of the NFL players tested suffered from brain disease that was concussion-related. Yes, 96 percent. And 79 percent of all the football players they examined identified chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is the disease mentioned previously.

“In total, the lab has found CTE in the brain tissue in 131 out of 165 individuals who, before their deaths, played football either professionally, semi-professionally, in college or in high school,” according to the Frontline article that released the news.

How can it deny this evidence? And what is it going to do prevent from the already ridiculously high 96 percent from getting higher? What are high schools and colleges going to do make sure the disease does not occur at an even younger age?

I think Dartmouth has the right idea, but it is not practical economically by any means for every school. Schools should limit the amount of body-to-body contact that happens during practices and they should really drive home the essential fundamentals on how to tackle properly. I am not trying to baby the game of football at all; I get that it is meant to be tough and I enjoy that. But when are we going to learn that lives are more important than points on a scoreboard?