Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player

Re:Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player by ryanwaggoner on Friday December 29, 2017 @08:07AM (#16029273)

Edit to add, It’s a bit frustrating, because surely if one was to stand up 30 years ago and say “hey, I don’t think this high school football program is a good idea because I’m worried about all these young people knocking their heads together with full force”... The response would have been to mock you and dispute it, if they paid any attention at all.

30 years ago? I bet you’d get this reaction today in large swaths of America. I’m positive you would have gotten it 5 years ago.

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Re:Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player by wils1245 on Friday December 29, 2017 @12:14PM (#16030482)

A couple that’s related to me had their kid play football in a rural area of the US. She’s a lawyer, and he has some memory issues from high school football. It blows me away that their kid plays.

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Re:Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player by code_duck on Saturday December 30, 2017 @02:39PM (#16037041)

Quite true, some of the stuff I was reading related to the study includes some coaches currently telling parents that they are overprotective fools if they are concerned about letting their children play football.

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