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CTE found in 110 of 111 former NFL players
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- Jun 11, 2014
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At the risk of your mental and physical health? Money isn't always everything.
- Jun 9, 2014
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Football players, even hairy missing link-like ones, always land the trophy wives.
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- Jun 12, 2014
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Theo is tracking along with the question I asked in post 4. Lots of people bump their heads doing anything from slipping on a curb to skateboarding to working under a car. How much impact and how many impacts does it take to find "some evidence of CTE" on the average, active dude? You need this baseline if you're going to make claims about the effects of football hits on the brain.
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A little worrisome, even though I only played high school football
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What good is all that cash if you can't have a good time?
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What good is all that cash if you can't have a good time?
I can have a REALLY good time without blowing millions.
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I've suffered several concussions - 2 from falling out of trees as a kid and another slipping on a sandy sidewalk. I played LB in JV football 2 years & switched to rowing after getting cut from varsity my senior year. I did get headaches sometimes in football practice but none now.
My dad played OL into college. His teammates include leaders in every field, none of whom have a bit of CTE symptoms. They include doctors, lawyers, pilots, Navy admiral, a US senator & THE guy who served Nixon his subpoena.
I've known & met loads of football players. The only one who has spoken of such symptoms is Scot Brantley, who was advised to quit after that awful hit to his head vs. Ga Tech.
Clearly it can be a problem and clearly it should be studied and so forth. But I honestly think the hype is driven by intelligentsia pansies who want to emasculate our culture.
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There are other ways to land trophy wives, like being hung like a horse that grew up under power lines.
- Jun 12, 2014
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What can be taken away from this is that the players whose families though their might have been an issue donated their brains, so the results are a true population. Does CTE happen due to football their is no definite link due to this study, but there is a circumstantial link due to this study. There is no control group in this study (something Mike and Mike brought up this morning). Is football dangerous? Yes. Could football lead to concussions? Yes. Does more studies need to be done before any real links are made? Absolutely.
This subject is really a new subject and it is way too early to make definite statements based on the data at hand. We do not know how regular CTE is in the normal population, in other sports, etc... The real question isn't what we know at this point, it's what we don't.
This subject is really a new subject and it is way too early to make definite statements based on the data at hand. We do not know how regular CTE is in the normal population, in other sports, etc... The real question isn't what we know at this point, it's what we don't.
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Well...if the liberal scientists researched this like they do most of their research they probably already knew who had/or didn't have CTE before the research started. Most of these people are pushing an agenda nowadays instead of doing something about it which would be inventing a helmet to make playing Football as safe as possible.
Also...if the NFL is so worried about this issue they would drop the endorsement deals (from the helment companies) and push for scientists to develop a helmet that's safer for the players. However...that's not going to happen because they line they're pockets with that very money! The NFL will only let players wear helmets made by 4 different companies (because of politics) despite there being much safer options out there. In other words...let the players wear what they want to instead of the cheap $hit they're forced to and see if these problems continue to be as bad. People will still get hurt and develop CTE but maybe the numbers of cases will decrease.
Also...if the NFL is so worried about this issue they would drop the endorsement deals (from the helment companies) and push for scientists to develop a helmet that's safer for the players. However...that's not going to happen because they line they're pockets with that very money! The NFL will only let players wear helmets made by 4 different companies (because of politics) despite there being much safer options out there. In other words...let the players wear what they want to instead of the cheap $hit they're forced to and see if these problems continue to be as bad. People will still get hurt and develop CTE but maybe the numbers of cases will decrease.
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I thought your idea of only 4 companies was not currently correct.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...all-is-set-to-make-its-nfl-debut-next-season/
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that's how it was a couple yrs back because i remember hearing NFL players talk about it. 90% of them wore Schutt or Riddel which both are pretty garbage I'm glad they finally designed some to help limit the impact.
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Hopefully, for those of upcoming CFE affliction, all this new intense focus will lead to intervwntion medical tratments that will minimize the deterioration, slow it's progress. Still, CFE affliction should be bundled with sudden TBI, PTSD, that non-sports heroes get and they have no wealth or other life-bonuses to go with their sacrifice
I can understand those who commit suicide as you've spent your whole life a sharp leader, getting so many to depend on you and then your brain betrays you and loved ones. You're more & more becoming a stranger to yourself. The worst is you realize that it's your essence (your brain.. it's function) that is no longer you. And your brain is our everything,. It's even your soul. So, your life is no longer around. Life is no longer with you. So your remove the stranger from your house.
I can understand those who commit suicide as you've spent your whole life a sharp leader, getting so many to depend on you and then your brain betrays you and loved ones. You're more & more becoming a stranger to yourself. The worst is you realize that it's your essence (your brain.. it's function) that is no longer you. And your brain is our everything,. It's even your soul. So, your life is no longer around. Life is no longer with you. So your remove the stranger from your house.
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Yes it is new, but I remember Larry Czonka getting a custom helmet with special padding back in the day.
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And how would the women know that? Thankfully men don’t walk around with it flopping around for all to see.
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We don't?
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Now we know that you have zero game, thanks for confirming.
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Didn't see if anyone posted this. John Urschel a lineman with the Ravens decided to retire and pursue a PhD in mathematics.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...res-after-cte-study-will-pursue-mit-doctorate
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...res-after-cte-study-will-pursue-mit-doctorate
