Editing Football player (section)

===Sleep and psychological functioning===
In a 2009 study, association football was found to be associated with favourable sleep patterns and psychological functioning in adolescent male football players.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Brand | first1 = Serge | last2 = Beck | first2 = Johannes | last3 = Gerber | first3 = Markus | last4 = Hatzinger | first4 = Martin | last5 = Holsboer-Trachsler | first5 = Edith | title = 'Football is good for your sleep': favorable sleep patterns and psychological functioning of adolescent male intense football players compared to controls | journal = [[Journal of Health Psychology]] | volume = 14 | issue = 8 | pages = 1144–1155  | pmid = 19858334 | doi = 10.1177/1359105309342602 | date = November 2009 | s2cid = 10312855 }}</ref>

The rate of suicide among NFL vets has been found to be 59% lower than in the general population.<ref name=Epstein>{{cite magazine | last = Epstein | first = David | title = Dead wrong: two studies refute reports in the media about former NFL players' life expectancy | url = https://www.si.com/vault/2012/05/21/106194121/dead-wrong | magazine = [[Sports Illustrated]] | publisher = [[Time Inc.]] | date = 21 May 2012 }}</ref>