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"Largest study of brains of athletes younger than 30 finds early signs of CTE even in amateur players"
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/28/health/ct...index.html

Most of the donors analyzed in this recent study played football (60%), followed by soccer (15%) and ice hockey (10%). Other sports included in the study that resulted in CTE diagnosis are amateur wrestling, rugby and professional wrestling.

The donors’ ages at the time of death ranged from 13 to 29 years old. The youngest person diagnosed with CTE in the study was a 17-year-old high school football player, McKee told CNN.


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Of the 48 donors diagnosed with CTE who played football, 37 were amateur football players and 11 played for the NFL. Position played made no difference in developing CTE, but those who played longer were more likely to be diagnosed with the disease. On average, those that had CTE played football for 2.8 years longer than those that didn’t develop the disease.

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In the new study, clinical symptoms appeared in all of the athletes regardless of whether they had CTE, including depression, difficulty controlling behaviors and problems with decision-making.

Substance abuse was also frequent, with alcohol abuse present in 43% of donors and drug abuse in 38%.

I think the libertarian view is undermined by the recognition that the risks are more far-reaching than we realize.  Can't make a proper risk/reward analysis if you don't truly understand what you're giving up -- or what you've already given up and how close you are to losing more.

The youngest diagnosed CTE case was from a 17-year old.  Posthumous diagnoses, all of these.

I value Stanford football for the camaraderie it brings to alumni of diverse graduating classes, life experiences, and personalities.  I like seeing Stanford well-represented on every meaningful platform, academically and athletically.  I'm not much of a fan of the game itself anymore.  Maybe that's because Stanford isn't doing well (would I feel this way during the Luck/CMac years?).  But what would I feel if I knew that all our Voldemort runners-up would be victim to CTE two decades from now?  Hoping that doesn't happen...but I know there are younger, former Stanford players with these symptoms.

[fullmetal]

"Largest study of brains of athletes younger than 30 finds early signs of CTE even in amateur players"
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/28/health/ct...index.html

Most of the donors analyzed in this recent study played football (60%), followed by soccer (15%) and ice hockey (10%). Other sports included in the study that resulted in CTE diagnosis are amateur wrestling, rugby and professional wrestling.

The donors’ ages at the time of death ranged from 13 to 29 years old. The youngest person diagnosed with CTE in the study was a 17-year-old high school football player, McKee told CNN.


...

Of the 48 donors diagnosed with CTE who played football, 37 were amateur football players and 11 played for the NFL. Position played made no difference in developing CTE, but those who played longer were more likely to be diagnosed with the disease. On average, those that had CTE played football for 2.8 years longer than those that didn’t develop the disease.

...

In the new study, clinical symptoms appeared in all of the athletes regardless of whether they had CTE, including depression, difficulty controlling behaviors and problems with decision-making.

Substance abuse was also frequent, with alcohol abuse present in 43% of donors and drug abuse in 38%.

I think the libertarian view is undermined by the recognition that the risks are more far-reaching than we realize.  Can't make a proper risk/reward analysis if you don't truly understand what you're giving up -- or what you've already given up and how close you are to losing more.

The youngest diagnosed CTE case was from a 17-year old.  Posthumous diagnoses, all of these.

I value Stanford football for the camaraderie it brings to alumni of diverse graduating classes, life experiences, and personalities.  I like seeing Stanford well-represented on every meaningful platform, academically and athletically.  I'm not much of a fan of the game itself anymore.  Maybe that's because Stanford isn't doing well (would I feel this way during the Luck/CMac years?).  But what would I feel if I knew that all our Voldemort runners-up would be victim to CTE two decades from now?  Hoping that doesn't happen...but I know there are younger, former Stanford players with these symptoms.