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Head Injuries Make Football a Bad Bet
Are a few years of football fame worth decades of mental decline?
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A few days ago, I saw this about professional football players who have shown signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a condition that seems to be related to dementia and can result from multiple head injuries over a high school, college and pro career. It's incredibly sad:
Two days ago, an Arizona high school student died from a head injury incurred during a football game.