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With The National Football League, the issue of brain injuries caused by helmet-to-helmet hits has been a sensitive issue. So much so that it censored a TV ad by Toyota earlier this season, forcing the carmaker to edit out such a collision between two football players, according to a report by Reuters.
The offending spot first aired in November, according to the news agency, at which point the NFL complained to Toyota, informing the carmaker that the ad would be banned from higher-rated games unless the spot was edited to remove the image.
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