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The things you've mentioned seem like they fall in to the category of responses to increased awareness of CTE associated with contact sports. There's not drop
by gpspake 5y ago
The things you've mentioned seem like they fall in to the category of responses to increased awareness of CTE associated with contact sports.
There's not dropping your kid off at the play ground... and there's not wanting your kid to lose their mind in their twenties because of repeated concussions.
I'm mostly aware of it from the high profile pop culture cases like Aaron Hernandez and O.J. but it seems like a serious cause for concern and I don't think football will look the same in the next decade or so as it has in the past - especially in terms of high school athletics.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31610856/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31610856/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NFL_players_with_chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NFL_players_with_chron...