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Far more important, and certainly not coincidental, is that the NFL employed some of the same lobbyists, lawyers, consultants as the tobacco industry. http://w

• danso 11y ago
  Just for anyone who was confused as I was...the submitted URL is a sidebar for the massive article markrote links to. That said, I like the submitted URL because it's another example of how bad data (in this case, the database of concussions sloppily put together by the NFL) can be combined with old-fashioned research and reporting (looking up old football game news articles) to find damning evidence. Or, more broadly speaking, never trust a dataset without corroborating it with your own research.
• mikeyouse 11y ago
  And the same quack doctor (a Guadalajara-educated rheumatologist -- definitely not a neurologist) that ran these studies to hide the affects of CTE was the same asshole that was defending MLB's steroid policy during the early 2000's. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/30/sports/baseball/medical-adviser-for-baseball-lists-exaggerated-credentials.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/30/sports/baseball/medical-ad... What an amazing coincidence that the same guy happens to be an expert on both steroids and brain injuries when it benefits billion-dollar sports empires.