A liability, science and media briefing based on consideration of the recent high profile research publication, reference: N Engl J Med (2019) Vol. 381 p 1801-1808. Daniel F. Mackay et al.Neurodegenerative Disease Mortality among Former Professional Soccer Players Summary Aims. Science research and popular narratives both have influence with the decider-of-fact at common law. It follows that both have an influence on liability exposure. This report has two main aims: 1) To present a brief analysis of the science research report (referenced above). 2) To report and assess the popular themes chosen by the press in response to the publication of this research in Nov 2019. Emerging liability risk. If some aspect of football playing was found to be causal of neurodegenerative disease (NDD) then similar scenarios could expose a range of liability insurance policies. Scenarios could include school sports, amateur sports, other professional sports and some occupations. In the UK, severe dement