[Farm93]

Aside from cause-effect issues, do we know if signs of CTE necessarily portend debilitating mental decline?  I mean maybe I have CTE markers from my concussions, but won't ever suffer from dementia or other associated brain maladies, while others with the same markers, will.

And all these football players who had their brains studied, how many of them were experiencing symptoms of mental degradation?

In other summaries of this report I saw assessments of the different sub-groups.  Therefore, I believe the researchers went into some of those details related to time in the game and severity of symptoms.  Obviously, it is far from a randomized, prospective trial, but pretty compelling since the observed correlations seem to fit a logical theory.

CTE is a new risk to add to the assessment.  For some players the newly identified risk will now overwhelm the potential rewards.

Neurological issues are always hard to assess.  Still, football is far from a necessity in life.  OK, maybe far from a necessity outside of Texas and the SEC.  Why bother to take this additional risk if one is a marginal football player?

[Farm93]

Aside from cause-effect issues, do we know if signs of CTE necessarily portend debilitating mental decline?  I mean maybe I have CTE markers from my concussions, but won't ever suffer from dementia or other associated brain maladies, while others with the same markers, will.

And all these football players who had their brains studied, how many of them were experiencing symptoms of mental degradation?

In other summaries of this report I saw assessments of the different sub-groups.  Therefore, I believe the researchers went into some of those details related to time in the game and severity of symptoms.  Obviously, it is far from a randomized, prospective trial, but pretty compelling since the observed correlations seem to fit a logical theory.

CTE is a new risk to add to the assessment.  For some players the newly identified risk will now overwhelm the potential rewards.

Neurological issues are always hard to assess.  Still, football is far from a necessity in life.  OK, maybe far from a necessity outside of Texas and the SEC.  Why bother to take this additional risk if one is a marginal football player?