91% in NFL brains. 1% in general population.
I can provide the gift article, but the headline really covers it.
It's time for the NFL to step up on CTE in more a "here's some money, we didn't do it" way.
@Cosmichomicide
Holy shit, they've seen some bad cases, and I've seen the MRIs...it must be pretty bad 😕
@Cosmichomicide
No wonder he became a homicidal maniac! There have been players in the sport 40 years who didn't have it that bad.
Yep. The NFL's current programs are insufficient.
Phillip Adams. Age 32. Stage 2 CTE. Killed 6 people and himself. Deemed ineligible for the NFL CTE programs because of when he retired (due to career ending injury).
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/14/sports/football/phillip-adams-cte-shootings.html
Jovan Belcher. Age 25. Killed his girlfriend and himself. 10 years ago.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nfl-player-who-killed-wife-in-murder-suicide-had-brain-damage/
@Cosmichomicide @Usama_Backhair Perhaps the solution is to... I don't know... maybe *stop having people do things that cause brain damage*, when we know there's no real way to prevent said brain damage from happening when they do the thing.
(Most) sports in a nutshell: a bunch of grown ass adults aggressively fucking around with a (usually spheroid) symbolic object in such a manner as to practically guarantee many of them end up with severe CTE, as a form of ritual conflict / entertainment.
But we can measure it. We did. For a while. And then decided to stop.
See, the military has the same issue with blast concussions. And collected a ton of data. Then cancelled the program.
We are trying again, though. These sensors are also in NFL helmets now.
I honestly hope that today's death brings CTE back into view.
@IrelandTorin @Usama_Backhair
Why is it important outside of contact sports and the military? Domestic violence, child abuse, falls, diving, slip and slides, car accidents, swinging doors, low ceiling beams...