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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes I absolutely think it’s time, because of the indisputable evidence of CTE in every brain they have studied in college and pro players. But it won’t happen because people love money more than they care about saving lives. It’s as if we as society made millions every year from smoking, so we just kept on celebrating it. I will not go to football games at any level. If you doubt me, go watch the documentary Concussion.[/quote]

You mean the evidence of the pro players who previously evidenced significant symptoms and died with the disease? I don't think there have been any similar studies (autopsies) of college players or of pro players who died but that did not exhibit very significant signs of dementia.

There are millions of people who have played high school football in the US and a huge number of people who suffer from Dementia / Alzheimers. It doesn't seem it would be that hard to find out is there's a correlation between the two. I have read there is some correlation between the disease and military service. No one seems to know why these two things correlate.

But because no one has bothered to study this or to publish results, I'm thinking that they cannot find a correlation between the two. Correlation doesn't automatically prove causation. But in this case, it would be pretty convincing evidence. But apparently there is no evidence.

And watching one-side documentaries is probably not the best place to be educated. Especially for the already safety-obsessed among us.

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