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Of course there is a direct relation between CTE and football:

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/how-football-raises-risk-chronic-traumatic-encephalopathy[/quote]

You forgot the other sport that has a direction relation -  soccer.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37403989/[/quote]

They are not even close to being the same risk/exposure to adverse long term brain health/CTE.[/quote]

How much risk is ok for you?  Especially a no helmet sport.  [/quote]

Almost all sports will have some sort of risk associated.  The unique and serious risk with football is related to long term brain health / CTE.  It is the standout in team sports this regard.  That is not to say it isn't other sports are completely absent of this, it's just that risk in football dwarfs all others.

American football is unique in that the contact and collisions are a core part of the game whereas a game like soccer the contact is secondary/incidental and infrequent.

Here is some interesting recent research:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37340004/

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Quoted from Mass General Study …

“The new data could provide football with a playbook to prevent CTE in current and future players, according to researchers.

“This study suggests that we could reduce CTE risk through changes to how football players practice and play,” said study lead author Dan Daneshvar, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and Physician at Mass General Brigham affiliate Spaulding Rehabilitation. “If we cut both the number of head impacts and the force of those hits in practice and games, we could lower the odds that athletes develop CTE.””

This does not mean a handful of concussions, in the absence of other hits to the head, puts you at risk for CTE; most people diagnosed with CTE suffered hundreds or thousands of head impacts over the course of many years playing contact sports or serving in the military.

The NFL could virtually end CTE by changing some tackle rules, improving helmets, not allow players to keep playing when they’ve suffered a severe head injury and mandatory retirement at 35 years old.  They should also require the NFL to pay for ex-players health insurance until Medicare eligibility.

Football is not going away.   Americans love it like Brazilians love their soccer.  
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