The Official Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (C.T.E.) Thread...Bob Costas "Game destroys Brains"

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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative disease found in people who have suffered repeated blows to the head.

A subtype of CTE is dementia pugilistica (DP), i.e. "punch-drunk," as it was initially found in those with a history of boxing. CTE is most commonly found in professional athletes participating in American football, rugby, ice hockey, boxing, professional wrestling, stunt performing, bull riding, rodeo riding, Association football and other contact sports who have experienced repeated brain trauma, such as concussions and blows to the head that do not produce concussions. The presence of CTE in domestic violence is also being investigated(citation needed). It can affect high-school athletes following just a few years of participation in sports.
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Former quarterback Boomer Esiason says he probably has and All football players probably have it CTE

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Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason seems resigned to the fact that he could have a brain injury from his years of playing football.

"If I died tomorrow and my brain was taken and researched and it was found that I had CTE, which, most likely I have," he said Monday on his radio show "Boomer and Carton."

"All football players probably have it, the way I read it and the way I see it."

Former quarterback Boomer Esiason says he probably has CTE
 
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Hall of Fame inductee Terrell Davis on CTE: 'We're all scared'

Former Denver Broncos running back Terrell Davis says the prospect of living with CTE symptoms is something that worries him.

But Davis, speaking Friday on the eve of his Hall of Fame induction in Canton, Ohio, said he has hope for the future of football because of the "great lengths" the game has gone to change.

"I can't lie, we're all scared," Davis said, according to The Denver Post. "We're concerned because we don't know what the future holds. When I'm at home and I do something, if I forget something I have to stop to think, 'Is this because I'm getting older or I'm just not using my brain, or is this an effect of playing football?' I don't know that."


Terrell Davis on CTE: 'Can't lie; we're all scared'
 
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I have 8 weeks of Neurology to start my next semester and I'm really looking forward to it. I'll be a lot more knowledgeable on this stuff then than I am now. The medical field understanding of this is just beginning, but the big thing that I've seen several times is that it's not just about big hits. Even more important than the big hits are the countless number of small hits that happen that seem irrelevant. Going forward there needs to be a lot of changes to football. Like no tackle football before high school, reduction of the # of tackle practices, and teaching proper tackling technique so players don't lead with the head. Regardless, my kids won't be playing football.
 
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Killah Ray said:
With the constant migraines and shyt I deal with and I didn't even play when in college it's just nonsensical to allow children to play this shyt.
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Helmets really can't do shyt though if you think about it. It's straight impact. Your brain is gonna bang against the inside of your skull with any type of major impact. A helmet can't stop that.
 
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