CTE Solution To Prevent The End Of The NFL?

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(08-08-2017, 07:20 AM)HarleyDog Wrote: All and all, your probably onto something here. I could actually see this happening in the future, but not now. TBH, I really don't think the NFL cares about this as much as they lead on.


I've heard this too. Maybe on a documentary or the movie - not sure?

I was thinking more of a public outcry or the law getting involved or something like that.

As far as CTE, that doesn't make much sense to me because they do brain scans on people to find traumatic brain injuries.

I think that NFL players should be allowed to smoke lots of weed since weed grows back missing brain cells and heals damaged parts.

(08-08-2017, 08:20 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Again, CTE is only detectable in an autopsy. If they could tell it by a scan, they would.....

But some brain damage would be visible, and if it's bad enough to be visible, then it should obviously call to stop a player's career.

I'll admit that I don't have much knowledge of CTE, but it seems like it would have to start in edges of the brain from banging against the skull and then it spreads to the rest of the brain, so you wouldn't be able to see where it spreads, but you would be able to see the initial damage.

(08-08-2017, 09:45 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Isn't the NFL like a $10b industry? Yeah, that isn't going anywhere.

Not to mention that they will never lack people who want to make at MINIMUM $465,000/yr, and up to $25m/yr to risk their body.

Honestly I think it's kind of ridiculous about how much news coverage the long term health of millionaires, who made choices as adults to risk their bodies for large sums of money, gets.

I agree but I'm thinking the public outcry might get to be too much or that the government might step in.