CTE found in deceased 25 year old

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(01-07-2016, 01:57 PM)fredtoast Wrote: This CTE stuff is very interesting, but it is so new theb research is all over the place.  On one hand thay will publish numbers that indoicate that a significant percentage of football players have it, but on the other hand they claimed Frank Gifford had it and he livced a very long, healthy, normal life.

It is a dangerous problem that needs to be addressed, but looking at the number of guys who have played football over the last 75 years it is clear that there is not an "epidemic" of CTE cases.

I agree.  I don't think there is this "epidemic" the media wants to try to create either.  But at the same time, I think its something that really needs to be addressed more often.  Back when I played football, whenever we got a hard hit, it was called 'getting our bell rung', sat out a few plays and then came back in.  At the end of the day though, these professional players know there is a risk to playing football, this is just one of those risks like breaking a bone, blowing out a knee, back pain, etc, etc, etc.