Source: talkingpointssports.com | Repost Duerson Fund – 5/4/2022 –
What is CTE?
Recently, former NFL player, Phillip Adams, recently passed away after fatally shooting five people before taking his own life. After hearing this, three letters right away popped up in my head, C.T.E. CTE, which is short for “Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy” is a brain disease that’s caused by repeated head trauma. In other words, concussions. Many professional athletes and even those that only played sports at a young age may have this disease and it affects those in many ways. How? Why is it such a big problem? And why is it not talked about? To some, the answers to these questions may seem simple, but it’s still a topic that is still looking for more answers.
How Has It Affected The NFL?
When people hear about CTE, they think of the players in the past like Aaron Hernandez or Junior Seau who both showed signs early of CTE. Evidence has actually shown it goes further than that. In fact, according to an article made by the Washington Post back in 2017, The University of Boston studied 111 donated brains by former football players, 110 of those brains had signs of CTE.