08-10-2017, 11:01 AM
(08-10-2017, 03:02 AM)grampahol Wrote: Researchers are very close to being able to detect cte (spell check just had to make cte into first 'cute' then 'credit' and finally cte.) and medical technology has grown by leaps and bounds in just the past few years. To say it's completely undetectable in live humans is a bit premature. https://www.google.com/amp/www.techtimes.com/amp/articles/44563/20150407/cte-detection-in-living-may-now-be-possible-pet-scan-detects-abnormal-brain-proteins.htm
All this aside football being a multi billion dollar industry it's not going away. As I once mentioned before as long as there are young people willing to get paid to entertain the masses with violence or join armies and die to protect the wealth of billionaires the billionaires are never going to let the goose that lays golden eggs for them die off.
If you have a goose laying golden eggs you DON'T eat the damned thing for dinner.
Having read the article, it clearly states that clumps of tau proteins are "indicators" as to the presence of CTE. Not definitive proof ... simply a "well, it may be there".
So the only way to positively know is to wait till these guys die, then perform the CTE test. If the CTE test turns out positive in 100% (or close) of the cases, then yes, there is a correlation.
The article, unfortunately, did not say how old the players were ... so we may need to wait 20 years for them to die.
