They started playing football as kids, began to suffer mentally and died before 30. Researchers found they had C.T.E., the brain disease linked to hits to the head. If their families could go back, would they still let them play?
Cases with CTE averaged a career length of 21.5 years, while in those without CTE the average was 12.1 years.
Yeah, but with an average of 21 years…
Because there's not a whole lot of equipment, lots of people don't stop until they end up with a permanent injury. Even in America, I know a couple people that were still playing in their 50s. Hell, one tournament even had a 45 and up bracket.
Play any sport that long, you're gonna have some CTE.
I couldn't find a study on it, but even running marathons may cause it. Lots of people start ragdolling their head when tired, and an hour of running is a lot of small bumps between your brain and your skull.
We look for it in high contact athletes, because that's where we expect it. That doesn't mean that's the only place it is. With no way to test before death, we're really only going to know after scientists go thru a ridiculous amount of random brains. And because of that it's going to take a long time to fully understand
Yeah, but with an average of 21 years…
Because there's not a whole lot of equipment, lots of people don't stop until they end up with a permanent injury. Even in America, I know a couple people that were still playing in their 50s. Hell, one tournament even had a 45 and up bracket.
Play any sport that long, you're gonna have some CTE.
You already said soccer, but baseball too
https://www.nbcnews.com/healthmain/baseball-brain-new-danger-concussion-crisis-2D11756194
Even straight up "no sport whatsoever" isn't safe
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20190623/Largest-study-finds-CTE-in-625-of-athletes-and-non-athletes.aspx
I couldn't find a study on it, but even running marathons may cause it. Lots of people start ragdolling their head when tired, and an hour of running is a lot of small bumps between your brain and your skull.
We look for it in high contact athletes, because that's where we expect it. That doesn't mean that's the only place it is. With no way to test before death, we're really only going to know after scientists go thru a ridiculous amount of random brains. And because of that it's going to take a long time to fully understand