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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]CTE can only be diagnosed post-mortem, so we don't fully know how prevalent it is in football players relative to other sports or the general public. But what we now call CTE has been around for a long time. It used to be something called pugilist syndrome or punch-drunk syndrome and was primarily associated with boxing.

CTE can be caused by sub-concussive hits to the head, meaning it's not hard enough to cause a concussion but your brain is still rattling around inside your head.

Once you get a concussion, you are more susceptible to having subsequent, and more severe, concussions.

It doesn't take much for a young kid to get a concussion or a sub-concussive hit.

CTE isn't the only brain disorder potentially related to concussions and sub-concussive hits. There may very well be some connection to Parkinson's and Alzheimers and dementia.  Mood disorders, substance abuse, suicide, aggression and depression are also common complaints of former football players, including those who only played Pop Warner or up to college-level.

This should be a [b]concern for athletes of any high-contact sport[/b], not just football. But it's more prevalent in football arguably because football is so rough and it's been a [b]very common sport for like 70 years[/b] (i.e., more players).
 
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Some professional soccer players have already indicated that they will donate their brains to science after their death so that the type of research done on NFL players can be done for other athletes.  There is much we don’t know yet about the prevalence of CTE among professional athletes from boxing to soccer to hockey, and about how it affects men and women differently.  [/quote]

More cases are showing up in rugby, and more mothers are refusing to allow their kids to play rugby. Yesterday I happened to be watching Commonwealth Games coverage and they showed some boxing. I can't believe that kind of violent activity still exists.[/quote]

First PP here. I agree, and I think we'll know much more over the next 10 years or so as more athletes agree to have their brains examined.  The current research isn't limited to football players but I think there are various reasons why thus far only football players' brains have been examined. [/quote]

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