[81alum]

Frontline is airing another episode on CTE today.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sports/concussion-watch/76-of-79-deceased-nfl-players-found-to-have-brain-disease/

Wow.  This gets more and more discouraging.  I wonder if there will ever be a techno-fix or if this is eventually going to lead to the death of the game, as the data grows.

Here is an interesting question.  If you are a young man and are offered a lucrative NFL contract that will make you and your family rich forever, would you take it if you knew to a certainty that you would suffer CTE by the time you were middle aged?  I know that many players do know that they will suffer a high rate of arthritis and heart disease and take the money anyway.  But will they sacrifice their brains?

[81alum]

Frontline is airing another episode on CTE today.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sports/concussion-watch/76-of-79-deceased-nfl-players-found-to-have-brain-disease/

Wow.  This gets more and more discouraging.  I wonder if there will ever be a techno-fix or if this is eventually going to lead to the death of the game, as the data grows.

Here is an interesting question.  If you are a young man and are offered a lucrative NFL contract that will make you and your family rich forever, would you take it if you knew to a certainty that you would suffer CTE by the time you were middle aged?  I know that many players do know that they will suffer a high rate of arthritis and heart disease and take the money anyway.  But will they sacrifice their brains?