Wife of former Saints player describes his 'battered mind' in New York Times

I was hoping to read junior galette

Things like This will probably cost the league big time in the future.

Bad thing is that 99% of them would not have chosen a different path and they know it.

I have said for the last 5 years is you own up and have every player sign a waiver saying they assume all the risk associated with playing.

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Bad thing is that 99% of them would not have chosen a different path and they know it.

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This is correct. They've known for years that they could be paralyzed on the field and they still chose to play. Dementia is not a greater deterrent.

Waivers don't mean jack shite

To be fair , rob Kelly didn’t have much gray matter to begin with

You can't compare paralysis and CTE. Paralysis is a black swan event that very rarely happens. I mean how many players total have been paralyzed on the field in the modern era, out of all the thousands who have played?

But scientists think that CTE and the dementia it causes is likely to happen to MOST of the guys who play the game at some point. Plus, when you leave the game, your risk of paralysis drops to zero. On the other hand, Players live the rest of their lives with the spectre of dementia.

I mean sure, these guys know the risks now and they accept them, so I don't feel guilty watching... well, not THAT guilty. But the prospects for the game long term are bleak.

EDIT: Just stumbled on this article which is a pretty good, I think, summary of where we are. LINK /

And again, I'm a football fan, I've been here posting for ten years.