re: How will CTE change the game?

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Football is heavily ingrained in life down south. Especially in the ghettos its a way out. That won't change. Basketball doesn't provide as many spots.

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For there to be a supply (players willing to risk their safety for economic gain) there has to be a demand (teams, fans, sponsors). If football begins to be seen as a dangerous, disreputable sport, the latter will dry up, leaving nowhere for the former to ply their trade.