Reposted by @jrb-walt.bsky.social
I've been anti-football for a while (sacrilege for a native Alabamian) because of CTE, which probably affected one of my younger brothers who died a decade ago. i think part of the reason it's been so consistently dismissed is that CTE victims are mostly Black men. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/u...
nytimes.com
At Least 1 in 4 NFL Players Gets CTE, Major New Study Finds (Gift Article)
The actual prevalence, researchers said, may be much higher.