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Saturday, September 19, 2015

CTE In The NFL

  Yours truly deplores football and this is the reason. You are watching human beings play a game that essentially mutilates their brains and bodies. If you keep that fact out front, what is there to enjoy about football. Are we a nation of psychopaths or do we care about humanity.

Guardian UK: Report: 87 of 91 former NFL player brains have tested positive for CTE - New report says 87 of 91 former NFL players tested positive to CTE - Doctors focusing less on concussions and more on constant contact
...chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE. The degenerative condition, which has been linked to early onset Alzheimer’s and dementia, is often considered a factor in the mental deterioration of former players.

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