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I don't want to diminish the seriousness of CTE, but there is a huge selection bias there since the brains had to be donated to the study in the first place. F
by slg 8y ago
I don't want to diminish the seriousness of CTE, but there is a huge selection bias there since the brains had to be donated to the study in the first place. Fully healthy people are probably much less likely to make the decision to donate their brain on death. Most of the people who are making the choice to donate are probably doing so because they experienced CTE symptoms during their life.
- ericras 8y agoThe University of Nebraska's Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior (which is housed inside the stadium) is trying to overcome the selection bias of these studies by doing a baseline scan of all football players: https://www.starherald.com/sports/big_red_wrap/football/at-nu-football-team-and-researchers-have-teamed-up-to/article_186a10ab-226f-599f-99f8-cb0e1f6855d9.html https://www.starherald.com/sports/big_red_wrap/football/at-n...
- brightball 8y agoExactly. The brains were actually donated due to suspicion of CTE and one of them was a punter who died in a motor cross accident. The game is only getting safer right now. IMO there’s no reason to play tackle football before the middle school level but after that I have zero issue. I played offensive and defensive line in high school and have been following these studies closely; there’s a ton of scare mongering and data slanting happening to create the headlines and very little coverage being given to rule changes to make the game safer.