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NPR
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Playing football has long been linked to the brain disease known as CTE, but how prevalent it is is still unknown. A new study of former NFL players who died recently found that at least 25% had CTE.

n.prAt least 25% of former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE, study findsPlaying football has long been linked to the brain disease known as CTE, but how prevalent it is is still unknown. A new study of former NFL players who died recently found that at least 25% had CTE.

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Eliza Jayne
@elizajayne.bsky.social

Football is the US version of gladiators. We watch athletes destroy their bodies for our entertainment in exchange for a free college education (if their bodies survive HS) and NFL contract money. Why can't they play flag football when the injuries that can occur are so well known?

Stephan
@sbpaessler.bsky.social

Yeah, but 9 in 10 of the ones they tested were positive for brain disease. Statistically speaking, all the ones they hadn’t tested are probably positive at about the same rate.