News: Marshawn Kneeland Had Stage 1 CTE

Yes, possibly thousands.
  • Players received up to 1444 head impacts in 1 season, with an average of 6.3 impacts per practice and 14.3 impacts per game
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2978006/
They’ve made a lot of improvements to NFL helmets since 2007 and have emphasized continued improvement so I’m sure there are less concussions presently than even 2 or 3 years ago.

https://www.nfl.com/playerhealthand...et-performance-with-seven-new-models-for-2025
 
You think so? Don’t they kind of go hand in hand? The league does a lot of stuff for depression. Especially the players. Dak on the field is what gets mostly talked about but his work with players mental issues is there.
They do not necessarily go hand in hand. I don't have CTE and I've suffered from depression. That's the case for millions, and I have to assume that includes NFL players. I'll admit I don't know what the NFL does specifically to assist players with depression, but if they do anything, good on them.
 
They’ve made a lot of improvements to NFL helmets since 2007 and have emphasized continued improvement so I’m sure there are less concussions presently than even 2 or 3 years ago.
Doesn't matter. CTE isn't a product of concussions, specifically. It is the product of consistent, repeated head trauma.
 
I don't have time to get into it right now but this ticks me off. This should. motivate the league to establish a program that evaluates every player once a year.



Moderator Edit: Clicking the tweet will take the reader to Mike Florio's article.

CTE is a progressive brain disease caused by repeated head injuries, leading to cognitive, behavioral, and mood disturbances, and can only be definitively diagnosed postmortem.

 
That's a very disturbing number. Nearly half of those who died before 30? But that's the risk players are willing to take to play contact sports. Until there is a way of diagnosing CTE or reducing the number of impactful contacts to the head this trend will likely continue.
Boston University CTE center has stated that suicide is not definitely linked to the disorder. In fact stage one is not even that big of a deal. Do we know why he was driving 143 mph? What else was in his system that may have caused him to commit suicide? All these millionaires crying about head injuries need to save their money or quit sports.
 

CTE is a progressive brain disease caused by repeated head injuries, leading to cognitive, behavioral, and mood disturbances, and can only be definitively diagnosed postmortem.

I was going to post that. Thank you.

After decades where the league tried to hide and deny the facts now some here post some rubbish as if the players are fully aware of it. But then those same people dont even know the simplest facts.
 
If the NFL truly cared about player safety they wouldn’t keep adding games.
They for sure care about more money. Players can be replaced with other players. Just like the gladiators in Rome.
 
That may be true but it ultimately is on them for ignoring the significant efforts to bring awareness.

Ignorance can no longer be used as an excuse.
It’s not an excuse it’s an explanation. Ultimately they are to blame. But these kids get programmed and brainwashed from pee wee and get molded….and when guys started waking up conveniently they started allowing NIL deals in college. Players can only blame themselves no one is gonna have sympathy for them.
 
They do not necessarily go hand in hand. I don't have CTE and I've suffered from depression. That's the case for millions, and I have to assume that includes NFL players. I'll admit I don't know what the NFL does specifically to assist players with depression, but if they do anything, good on them.
Depression is a symptom for people that suffer from CTE it for sure goes hand and hand.
 
When do we see the statistics on people who died before 30 that have CTE that have never played sports?!

That’s why hard hats are an important part of our PPE. We work around swinging motors, trusses, lights, video boards, chains etc… I’be been boinked a few times but I can’t imagine it’s anywhere close to what these guys endure.
 
i feel the only way to play with no CTE is no helmets.... Everyone will be protecting that head of theirs.
 
lol good one

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You’re one of these fake tough guys who don’t like they spend money on breast cancer research because of the color pink.

Just slow……
My baby sister died of Brain Cancer in 2009 ...... I had a bunch of Gray Brain Matter Cancer shirts that I wore with her through the stuff ........ gave all but one to my nephew (her son) when he became a teenager ....... Cancer sucks ........ people worry about bird flu and covid meanwhile Cancer has been the real plague or our time.
 
The league isn't going to start testing for CTE (I don't think you even can) because it would be the end of the league. Most players have CTE already to some degree.
Best they can do is 20 regular season games a year.
 

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