Today we remember George Andrie, a key member of the Cowboys “Doomsday Defense” who died 5 years ago today.
His daughter Marie shared his story to honor George's efforts to raise awareness & show support for NFL alumni struggling with suspected CTE.
https://t.co/Elfid5KCVX
Any way these guys are getting the medical advice or care from the NFL that they need to have a hopeful future? Doesn’t appear so. “CTE a Serious Thing”- Fans Plead for Serious Action After NFL Star Jimmy Graham Gets Arrested After Seizures in Traffic https://t.co/ct3I4RXGSP
TACKLING CTE: UNVEILING THE HIDDEN DANGERS UNDER THE HELMET
New research shows that it's not just the number of hits, but their collective force over time that increases the risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in football players.
@DanaPerino & @BillMelugin speak to the founder & CEO of Concussion Legacy Foundation - @ChrisNowinski1 - about what this study means for the world of football & how to bolster player safety moving forward:
"We're more concerned about the bigger hits. One interesting fact about football is we worry about the concussions, but the concussions aren't often the hardest hits you take. A football player will take maybe 300-400 hits harder than a concussion over their career. So we need to focus not only on the repetition, but on changing the rules for the big hits."
"The CDC found that the median number of head impacts for a youth tackle football player is about 378. And the median number of hits to the head for a flag football player is 8. But we would never expect to see CTE coming out of a flag football player."
"The biggest thing here is that we control who gets CTE and who doesn't so we need to change how we play football."
Star @NDFootball lineman Taylor Dever died two years ago today at age 31. He struggled w/anxiety, memory loss, depression, & paranoia after college. @bu_cte researchers later diagnosed him with stage 2 #CTE.
His CLF Legacy Story:
https://t.co/CMQtzZdH1K
Dear @NFL,
You must do better. This is bigger than protocols. A concussion can change a life. For me, it’s personal. We can’t let any other children grow up without their fathers.
Today I’ve written to NFL commish Roger Goodell and Dolphins owner Stephen Ross demanding answers about the concussion to @Tua days after he had another injury. As head of Congress’s Brain Injury Task Force I want to know how the hell he was on the field last night.
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We’re here for former players and families who are battling suspected #CTE symptoms. Reach out to https://t.co/y0XooM6Krm for personalized resources & care.
.@ChrisNowinski1 on DT’s #CTE diagnosis:
“I hope this is a wake-up call to high profile current & former #NFL players that CTE is rampant among them, and they need to get involved in creating real solutions. CTE should be their number one off-the-field issue.”
U.S. soccer star Bruce Murray has recently struggled with lapses in memory, including an incident where he didn't recognize his wife and son.
He and his family say that years of concussions and aggressive play may have caused him to develop CTE, a disease with no cure.
EXCLUSIVE: The parents of 33 years old Super Bowl Champion, Demaryius Thomas, reveal he suffered from Stage 2 CTE and his death was caused by a separate seizure disorder that led to cardiac arrest.
https://t.co/RvJ2YUDeNl
What happened to Taylor?: Friends, family look back at the college football player who suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy https://t.co/0sa289BuIs
.@BUexperts have made breakthroughs in diagnosing CTE in the living and studying the impact of college football on the brain, pro football’s link to ALS, and the risk of additional years of playing ice hockey. @bu_cte https://t.co/1LOoSVcypX
As research continues to advance our understanding of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and potential ways to prevent and diagnose it in the living, here are 8️⃣ of the biggest #CTE discoveries and headlines made by @bu_cte experts this past year. ➡️ https://t.co/hNr7xxo8rI