I wonder how many other players who never won Heisman Trophies or induction into the NFL Hall of Fame are suffering from CTE that we never hear about?
OJ doesn’t have CTE.
Real Men work and play hard. Women outlive them. That’s life
This comes under that old moniker... Sh*t happens!
CTE (whatever that is), Alzheimer’s, dementia, not being able to find your underwear... Those are all terrible things. They are typically terrible things that happen because you’re very old. When they happen to young people it’s a shame... When they happen to old people... It’s part of being old.
I was looking forward to high school sports then the summer going into my freshman year of high school I had a compound fracture of my left humerus in the surfing mishap. That effectively ended any athletic aspirations I might have had. By the end of my sophomore year I was sort of much to normal and I played tennis as the break was in my left arm and I’m right handed.
Looking back I’m glad I didn’t participate in contact sports. That injury nagged me for years. At 21 I enlisted and it was a struggle but I got through it. It still bothers me on occasion.
Did the entire article not mention what the acronym CTE stands for, or did I just miss it?
Let’s see. Howard Cassady. 1934-2019. By my count he lived to be 85. That’s a longer lifespan than average. CTE didn’t seem to shorten his life any.
I remember my son’s doctor telling me when he was an infant to NEVER let him play football b/c of frequent head injuries and permanent damage to the brain that often appeared later in life.
This was years before all the information came out about CTE.
reminder of hangovers past
Other lifestyle factors are dots always left unconnected by the crowd who hate football and everything traditional American it is associated with.
It’s probably a good story, but I don’t click on WaPo articles.
My dadday used to say to me as a kid... “If you insist on hitting yourself in the head with a hammer, dont come complaining to me when you get a headache...” comes to mind...