Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy [CTE]

[ice grillin you]

another sad story....

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/02/sports/hockey/stephen-peat-nhl-enforcer-concussions-cte-health.html?smid=tw-share

[Rome]

OMG wah.  They're gladiators.  They know what they're getting into so spare me the tears.[/DIO]

[ice grillin you]

maybe not in any of our lifetimes but you have to believe one day there will be no football

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20160805_Sielski__Bryan_Scott_s_story_should_terrify_everyone_who_loves_football.html

[Diomedes]

Talent is already on the move to other sports.  We've seen the peak of the NFL.

[Rome]

I hope it's to either soccer to piss IGY off or golf to piss you off.

[Diomedes]

Golf isn't a sport.

[Rome]

If you drink beer and sweat while playing it, it's a sport.

[General_Failure]

Your dick is not a sport.

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/03/health/kevin-turner-cte-diagnosis/index.html

Turner did not have ALS

He had the most advanced stage of CTE - that's horrible

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/news/charlie-garner-cte-concussions-brain-disease-nfl-career-raiders-49ers-eagles-buccaneers/1rffdra72ph0k1e3fmmftqte0j?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[Diomedes]

http://accmag.com/86-deceased-nfl-players-test-positive-for-brain-disease/

86 of 91 tested

Numbers skewed of course, as those tested are not necessarily representative of all football players, all pro player, etc.

All the same...it's looking more and more like permanent brain injury is part of playing the sport.  Until they design a helmet that keeps the brain from rattling around inside the skull....

[QB Eagles]

The real study that needs to be done is to determine a baseline of CTE prevalence in the general population. That's a bigger issue than the skew in the Boston University sample. Until then, this is all kind of science with an asterisk. I think there's plenty of evidence this is a real effect, but we can't say much about magnitudes.

[Diomedes]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2716796-warren-sapp-to-donate-brain-to-cte-concussion-research

[Tomahawk]

To be of any use, Sapp's brain needs to go to this lab

[Diomedes]

i clicked, and laughed

am ashamed