Re:ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trau...
by dsacco on Thursday August 31, 2017 @03:57PM
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Can you provide a few examples of the NFL going after doctors and scientists, and clarify what that means?
Re:ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trau...
by kgbdrop1 on Thursday August 31, 2017 @09:45PM
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I am some random person on the internet, so caveat emptor. That being said, my girlfriend has a family friend who works in health research. Since she was looking for a new job in roughly the same field, she reached out and exchanged a few emails, had coffee. Normal networking stuff. One of the projects that the family friend was involved with was doing concussion research for the NFL in the aftermath of the PBS's League Denial, and Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru's work more generally.
Fast forward a few months after the exchanges, she was included on an email from that family friend where the they complained that they should've known better to work on this research and that they were enraged that the conclusions were being suppressed / minimized.
Re:ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trau...
by mricordeau on Thursday August 31, 2017 @05:18PM
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See Dr Omalu research about CTE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennet_Omalu
There is a movie (biopic not totally accurate) : Concussion
1) NFL knew about the risks and hid them and in some cases deliberately deceived the players about said risks. I seem to recall that only a couple years ago the NFL told the players that with adequate rest, there will be no long-lasting effects from a concussion -- something that has been shown to not be the case.
2) The NFL will go after anyone who releases medical research raising questions about football and CTE. And I don't mean just refuting the evidence, they've gone after the doctors and scientists personally
I don't fault any player in the NFL for wanting the fame and fortune, or playing. But they should also receive all the information that's available as to the risks and dangers associated with playing so they can make their own decision.