Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy [CTE]

[MDS]

team brain damage RISE UP

[General_Failure]

I'm just glad you're finally coming to terms with it.

[ice grillin you]

27

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/sports/football/former-giants-safety-tyler-sash-found-to-have-cte.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0&referer=https://t.co/LyGEcD8TNI

[ice grillin you]

good job by IANOC

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14744263

[hbionic]

NFL is like the Army, Marine Corps, and Navy. Aside from those joining ranks to fight for our country, those looking for a better chance at life will always enlist, knowing they put themselves in harm's way. Same thing with the NFL, there will always be a poor black or white kid out there looking for a way out of poverty. Even if it means he risks his future health, for millions of dollars now.

[ice grillin you]

agreed except almost any kid can join the military...where as you can chose not to play football and never have to think back and say damn I would have made it cause virtually no one goes on to make millions of dollars....or could choose to play a sport that doesn't rot your brain and have the same minuscule chance of making the pros

[ice grillin you]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/23/sports/dementia-care-tailored-to-nfl-retirees.html?ref=sports&smid=tw-nytsports&smtyp=cur&_r=0

[ice grillin you]

http://www.thenation.com/article/kevin-turner-dies-from-als-nfl-does-not-give-a-damn/

He did help, not that the NFL wants you to know about his work. When Kevin Turner passed, there was no statement from the league. There was not even an original article on its website, NFL.com. Instead, it just posted a reprinted report from the Associated Press. Instead, we had to hear Jerry Jones, Bruce Arians, and, through his silence, Roger Goodell effectively scoff at Kevin Turner's work and the last years of his life. Perhaps Goodell is being quiet because he is working on his acceptance speech for an honor he is being given by the Jacksonville Sports Medicine Program called the Leadership in Sports Health, Safety & Research Award. This is not a joke. To see Roger Goodell so honored concurrent with Kevin Turner's death is to bear witness to the sports version of seeing Henry Kissinger win the Nobel Peace Prize.

[PhillyPhreak54]

That's a pretty solid rip job...and true

[Diomedes]

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A.J. Tarpley (Bills LB) retires after one year, citing concussions.

Unfortunate use of the word 'gracious' in there, made me wince for the guy.   A Stanford grad ought to know better, even a football player.

[Sgt PSN]

That was just the concussions talking.

[ice grillin you]

awesome league

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/15667689/congressional-report-finds-nfl-improperly-intervened-brain-research-cost-taxpayers-16-million

[Diomedes]

oh look, it's not just football

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/24/health/dave-mirra-cte-bmx-biker/index.html

[Zanshin]

So, repeatedly banging your head with concussive force ISN'T good for you in the long run? Mind. Blown.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Mind. Blown.

Literally.