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Related: Chris Johnson announced his ALS diagnosis recently, and ALS is one of the football trauma-related conditions included in the NFL's "88 Plan," which does not require a player to prove that football caused their condition (dementia and Parkinson's are two other notable, covered conditions).

https://www.nfl.com/videos/former-nfl-rb...the-minute
https://www.neworleanssaints.com/news/nf...ls-2931374

I had someone important to me die of ALS.  It is a troubling disease.  The feeling of helplessness is overpowering.

If you're interested in the relation of brain injury to ALS, these two articles (1  and  2) may be of interest.  I haven't studied or researched the relation beyond that.

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Related: Chris Johnson announced his ALS diagnosis recently, and ALS is one of the football trauma-related conditions included in the NFL's "88 Plan," which does not require a player to prove that football caused their condition (dementia and Parkinson's are two other notable, covered conditions).

https://www.nfl.com/videos/former-nfl-rb...the-minute
https://www.neworleanssaints.com/news/nf...ls-2931374

I had someone important to me die of ALS.  It is a troubling disease.  The feeling of helplessness is overpowering.

If you're interested in the relation of brain injury to ALS, these two articles (1  and  2) may be of interest.  I haven't studied or researched the relation beyond that.