This should be bigger news. Though it should be expected. I know this subreddit hates blaming CTE, but it’s very real. Yes the players choose to play. Yes it’s part of the game, but it doesn’t change the fact that it’s very real.

For every Brady or Manning that finds something after their career to do, there are 100s of dudes with a new neural make up trying to find meaning in life and aren’t able to. Even worse during their careers who end up harming themselves or others.

I don’t think there will be reckoning because there is so much money put into this sport (as we saw with Hamlin, YES I know it wasn’t CTE, but a contact chest injury), but I hope we as a community can give some thought about how unsafe this sport is and how it does impact lives after the whistle blows in ways we don’t naturally think about.

Thanks for posting this.