Be aware that there are two different studies that are referenced in this thread.
The original post was about the Feb 2023 article about CTE in ex-NFL players (345 out of 376) (I didn't find a research paper triggering that article. Perhaps it is based on an update of the data used in the earlier July 2017 paper below.)
The recent revival referred to press coverage of the Aug 2023 research paper "American Football Play and Parkinson Disease Among Men" (so, not directly about CTE). 2006Alum pointed out the research a week ago in another thread, and I commented on it.
Other research that seems related:
"Association of Playing College American Football With Long-term Health Outcomes and Mortality" Apr 2022
"Association of Adverse Childhood Experiences With Poor Neuropsychiatric Health and Dementia Among Former Professional US Football Players" Mar 2022
"Clinicopathological Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Players of American Football" July 2017
"Age of first exposure to tackle football and chronic traumatic encephalopathy" May 2018
"Duration of American Football Play and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy" Jan 2020
Boston University has a CTE research center, which explains the reason we see papers from there. See their Significant Research Findings listing.
I think it will end when sufficient evidence exists to convince juries that a football institution is liable for the damage to former players and their caretakers & survivors, and a series of lawsuits threaten to bankrupt those institutions (incl. universities and school districts) who then find themselves unable to buy insurance.
The continued existence of football between now and then only increases the liability of those institutions over the next 50 years or so until no more former players can sue. Perhaps the institutions can cause it to become a class action lawsuit to avoid all the separate legal fees. One article mentioned 800,000 former players. The payout to each would likely be astronomical because the duration of the injury is for the rest of their lives.
I hope it doesn't take 10 years, but I'm afraid it might take even longer. It has taken 60 years to mostly stop tobacco products.
The original post was about the Feb 2023 article about CTE in ex-NFL players (345 out of 376) (I didn't find a research paper triggering that article. Perhaps it is based on an update of the data used in the earlier July 2017 paper below.)
The recent revival referred to press coverage of the Aug 2023 research paper "American Football Play and Parkinson Disease Among Men" (so, not directly about CTE). 2006Alum pointed out the research a week ago in another thread, and I commented on it.
Other research that seems related:
"Association of Playing College American Football With Long-term Health Outcomes and Mortality" Apr 2022
"Association of Adverse Childhood Experiences With Poor Neuropsychiatric Health and Dementia Among Former Professional US Football Players" Mar 2022
"Clinicopathological Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Players of American Football" July 2017
"Age of first exposure to tackle football and chronic traumatic encephalopathy" May 2018
"Duration of American Football Play and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy" Jan 2020
Boston University has a CTE research center, which explains the reason we see papers from there. See their Significant Research Findings listing.
(08-19-2023, 04:19 PM)lex24 Wrote: Football will end when some zealots working with social services start bringing child abuse charges against parents. I give it about 10 years.You make your opinion abundantly clear.
I think it will end when sufficient evidence exists to convince juries that a football institution is liable for the damage to former players and their caretakers & survivors, and a series of lawsuits threaten to bankrupt those institutions (incl. universities and school districts) who then find themselves unable to buy insurance.
The continued existence of football between now and then only increases the liability of those institutions over the next 50 years or so until no more former players can sue. Perhaps the institutions can cause it to become a class action lawsuit to avoid all the separate legal fees. One article mentioned 800,000 former players. The payout to each would likely be astronomical because the duration of the injury is for the rest of their lives.
I hope it doesn't take 10 years, but I'm afraid it might take even longer. It has taken 60 years to mostly stop tobacco products.