Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy [CTE]

[ice grillin you]

we will show a video of him making great plays that caused his death but we will fold the league before we let his daughter on stage to possibly mention or remind people why he died

[QB Eagles]

As a science guy, I feel I need to point out that it's not as simple as saying:

football ---> CTE ----> depression ----> suicide

CTE is nowhere close to well understood yet. Saying that playing football lead to Junior Seau's suicide has the exact same amount of scientific weight behind it as someone at the NFL claiming it didn't.

[Diomedes]

His brain rotted out from all the books he read.

[QB Eagles]

His brain rotted out from contact sports. The link that hasn't been scientifically established is the brain rotting leading to suicide. It's more linked to ALS, Parkinson's, things like that.

Here's the current state of the science on the issue as summed up by the president of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, who is part of the research group in Harvard's football players health study program.

[Rome]

Violently smashing your head into things hundreds if not thousands of times over the span of 10 or 20 years causes, (surprise!) brain damage.

The only surprising thing to me is that more of these guys don't off themselves sooner.

[ice grillin you]

His brain rotted out from all the books he read.

haha

[ice grillin you]

https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/battle-for-benefits-part-1-why-do-i-have-to-fight-you-now

https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/battle-for-benefits-part-2-george-visgers-many-lives

[MDS]

but durrrrr da nfl game is so soft durrrrr so many flags durrrrrrrrrrrr theres no more defense durrrrrrrrrr

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sports/concussion-watch/new-87-deceased-nfl-players-test-positive-for-brain-disease/

[ice grillin you]

these injuries begin long before anyone gets to the nfl....and most evidence shows that it isnt the violent nature of the hit its the repetition over years and years....its why offensive lineman so often get it and get it so bad....cause they literally butt heads on every play bot practice and game their whole lives

theres no correlation between rules in the nfl that favor the offense and cte

cornerbacks not being allowed to put a finger on receivers hurts the game but has nothing to do with cte

on the flip side there are rules that prevent concussions but dont hurt the quality of the game....ie spearing or helmet to helmet hits

[ice grillin you]

http://bills.buffalonews.com/2015/09/27/brains-under-pressure-concussion-crisis-continues-to-haunt-the-nfl/

[ice grillin you]

http://www.phillyvoice.com/autopsy-nfl-ex-player-who-killed-himself-had-brain/

[Diomedes]

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-autopsy-concussion-athlete-20160104-story.html

Autopsy finds concussion-related brain changes in 25-year-old former football player


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The young man died of cardiac arrest resulting from a staph infection of the tissues surrounding the heart. His case is unusual in that before his death, he enrolled in a research study called Understanding Neurological Injury and Traumatic Encephalopathy, part of an effort to recognize the signs of CTE in living people.

As a result, researchers have detailed results of neuropsychological testing performed on the man before his death. Those tests showed that his overall levels of intellectual function were normal and that he was readily able to remember and describe key events from his past. But his short-term memory and some elements of executive function were noticeably impaired.

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[ice grillin you]

[MDS]

romey's care factor:

[Rome]

You're right.  I couldn't care less about you or your opinion.