CTE in 99% of former NFL players studied...

[Jockey]

There was a study a few years ago that found the second-highest concussion rate in high school sports was in girl's soccer (football was obviously first). I don't recall where any other sports fell on the list.

There is a huge difference, however, between sustaining a single concussion and getting repeated blows to the head on a daily basis.

There is absolutely no evidence that sustaining a concussion leads to CTE. As the name says - the blows must be traumatic AND chronic.

[Spotcheck Billy]

NFL ending partnership with the National Institute of Health on concussion study
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-ending-partnership-with-the-national-institute-of-health-on-concussion-study/

[GooooMarquette]

NFL ending partnership with the National Institute of Health on concussion study
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-ending-partnership-with-the-national-institute-of-health-on-concussion-study/

Disappointing.  A reminder that the NFL exists to make money, and the players are just props....

[Herman Cain]

Joey Hauser has had a couple of concussions.  I hope the Medical Staff keeps a close eye on his circumstances at MU.

[Jockey]

Joey Hauser has had a couple of concussions.  I hope the Medical Staff keeps a close eye on his circumstances at MU.

Why? There has never been a case that I have heard of where a basketball player gets CTE.

[🏀]

Why? There has never been a case that I have heard of where a basketball player gets CTE.

Bad look, Brand, bad look

[Jay Bee]

ZFB got CTE from giving brain

Some pretty extrapolations going on to date

But, to think playing football for years isn't good for your dome piece? Yeah... kind of makes sense, ai'nal?

[Benny B]

Disappointing.  A reminder that the NFL exists to make money, and the players are just props....

Might actually be a good thing from an independent research POV.  Nothing says skepticism like favorable results from a study funded by the primary benefactor of said results.  And now NIH doesn't have the NFL's checkbook hanging over their heads (whether it had any influence or not).

[Jockey]

Might actually be a good thing from an independent research POV.  Nothing says skepticism like favorable results from a study funded by the primary benefactor of said results.  And now NIH doesn't have the NFL's checkbook hanging over their heads (whether it had any influence or not).

Always better to not have an interested party involved in a study.

Otherwise you are just Exxon studying climate change and then issuing a public report that contradicts what you actually found.

[GooooMarquette]

Might actually be a good thing from an independent research POV.  Nothing says skepticism like favorable results from a study funded by the primary benefactor of said results.  And now NIH doesn't have the NFL's checkbook hanging over their heads (whether it had any influence or not).

Agree that there is a clear conflict, but funneling the money through NIH results in requirements for public disclosure of results.  It's a lot more sketchy when when a private entity hands money directly to non-government entities.  And it kinda smells funny that the NFL pulled its $$$ just after publication of an article that looks bad for the league.