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That’s no exactly true. I think the NFL has moved past denial https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22603654/nfl-doctor-says-rising-concussion-numbers-sparks-ca

That’s no exactly true. I think the NFL has moved past denial https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22603654/nfl-doctor-says-rising-concussion-numbers-sparks-call-action https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22603654/nfl-doctor-says... https://www.today.com/parents/brett-favre-psa-urges-no-tackle-football-kids-under-14-t228384 https://www.today.com/parents/brett-favre-psa-urges-no-tackl... Whether the game can ever be made safe is another issue.

whyenot 5y ago
The NFL might have moved past denial, but the NCAA and high school sports don't seem to have traveled very far along that path. It's profoundly sad that institutions of higher learning are promoting activities that they know can cause brain damage and long term disability, just so they can make money and entertain their alumni.
negativesigma 5y ago
There’s a lot of evidence pointing to cumulative hits being a larger predictor of CTE than concussions. Unfortunately that’s not a problem the NFL can solve so it’s been swept under the rug. This raises a broader point about Collinearity and whether correlation is actually actionable when the feedback cycle is long. You could easily be working the problem for 20 years before you ever knew you were wrong.