Ok. Do you feel the same with people who smoke? Over eat? Because here is the thing... These people, athletes(CTE), smokers(cancer), and fatties(diabetes) all have in common - consent. Players voluntarily choose to play in the NFL knowing full well, even before CTE was a known thing, that permanent injury to their body, not just their head, is very likely in this sport. Just like the human chimney or garbage disposal, they should know their actions left unchanged will inevitably return to harm them at some point in the future.

I get it, we want these players be safe, but at what cost to the sport itself? These dudes could easily choose a career that's less hazardous than ramming your body into another body going 15-20 mph. If I were you, I'd stop viewing these guys like they're kidnap victims, they know the consequences of ramming their heads and bodies into players.

There is also this, which shows just how controversial CTE research really is, and why some ex players were/are skeptical of the entire thing. There are numerous articles and reports of credentialed medical experts who are also skeptical of the science behind CTE.

https://sports.yahoo.com/op-ed-one-flawe...49666.html

https://www.boston.com/sports/sports-new...ll-and-cte

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