https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/07/25/bo...-player-brains
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A new study by Boston University researcher Dr. Ann McKee examined the brains of 202 deceased football players and found that 110 of the 111 brains of former NFL players had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/s...cte-brain.html
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Aaron Hernandez, the former New England Patriots tight end and a convicted murderer, was 27 when he committed suicide in April. Yet a posthumous examination of his brain showed he had such a severe form of the degenerative brain disease C.T.E. that the damage was akin to that of players well into their 60s.
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This is part of what you're endorsing when you watch football. The way the game is SUPPOSED to be played, according to the rules, is life threatening to the players. Given the violence the players experience on a daily basis, is it any wonder the league has a problem with its players being violent to other people in their lives?
I think it's a cop-out to say "well the league doesn't WANT their players to develop brain injuries or be sexual predators." The fact is, when you watch football, you're watching people destroy themselves and some small part of you is ok with that.
Anyway go birds