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[quote=Anonymous]Just want to add my voice to the never football no way group.  I have 2 teens.  One had 3 concussions (soccer football) and significant difficulty recovering from the third with lifelong significant disability.  Other DC has 2 concussions.  Wants to play football, but I said I will never sign the paperwork to permit it.

Recent article in Brain demonstrates clearly that it can be "hits" not only "concussions" that cause the CTE.  (This is what our doc said after concussion #3 -- it is multiple sub concussive hits over time that do extensive damage.)

The truth is no one should be playing football anymore - neither adults nor kids.  Flag or no-contact football seems fine.

Takeaway is:

Collectively, these results raise concern that repetitive neurotrauma, independent of concussion, may induce early CTE brain pathologies, even in teenagers and young adults. Cumulative exposure to such injuries may also increase risk for other tau protein neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease (Stein et al., 2015b). These considerations are important not only for understanding and differentiating concussion, TBI, and CTE, but also to inform clinical practice, return-to-play protocols, and public health policy.

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http://www.bu.edu/research/articles/bu-led-study-may-explain-cte-without-concussions/

https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/141/2/422/4815697

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