Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy 

I'm going to check it out, and post it on my husband's FB page. He is a retired NFL player suffering from CTE. Thank you for the information.

He undoubtedly had CTE! I was watching YA Tittle playing and he developed dementia. His brain was evaluated and he had significant CTE. Was it worth watching him get clobbered for 10 years to have him babbling the last 10 years of his life?? I think not.

Karen Closkey if i want to play football i will, not going to be dictated to by some liberal like you

I believe that's the case for children, but adults can make the decision to do what they want, as long as they know the risks.

@@vegasrenie the person is not responsible only of his own life he has children wife this sport should be banned

@Jon Jones - And it’s not just football, which people don’t seem to understand. MMA, Australian rules football, hockey, boxing, wrestling, and several other hard contact sports also can be a catalyst for CTE. It’s not just football.

@@oATXo - It’s up to adults. If enough people stop playing/participating, then it will ban itself. If 100% of all players got CTE, then there would be enough of an uproar for it to be banned. That is not the case, however. Anyone who becomes involved with someone who plays one of the sports, I’m sure would know the risks. I just have a natural aversion of banning everything that may be considered dangerous. After all, for instance, cigarettes are still sold everywhere. As fewer people smoke, the prices go up making them more unaffordable. There may come a time when banning them completely just won’t be necessary because people just won’t be smoking. Less government interference, more of people deciding their own destinies.

Dam i had like 4 concussion back to back within 1 year and a half

You have cte.

@@satanspit4101 Since the pandemic started, I'm having lots of improvement. I can read again, anxiety is almost gone, and now I have a new part-time job. I highly recommend both of you to read The ghost inside my brain: How a concussion stole my life. It's weird, I wasn't seeing any improvement until a played Spider Solitaire straight for 4 hours. That night a had some kind of small seizures but in the morning I was like WTF, I'm feeling better now.

And people laugh and say get rid of the rules designed to protect the heads of Australian rules players. They are idiots.

You can’t be diagnosed with it. It can only be diagnosed by thoroughly examining the brain after death.

Lol no you weren't

How in the hell would you have developed CTE in the absence of any significant contact sport involvement? Unless you had a long history of domestic violence or something like that, I don't see how that could be possible

​@@AnPrimWrestler Also they can't diagnose this disease in the living because it requires the microscopic examination of the cross sectional area of the brain which can only be performed during an autopsy.