On Friday, Tony as well as Mike motionless to delve in to a emanate of concusssions as well as a goods they have been carrying upon late National Hockey League (NHL) as well as National Football League (NFL) players.
Tony motionless to use a word predisposition in a discussion.
He went upon to consternation if a representation size of NFL players is too small to assume which NFL players have been "predisposed" to dementia.
Predisposition is a genetic term. NFL players comes from all over a country. As a result, they have been partial of a inhabitant genetic pool. It is expected which football players would have a same genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's as well as insanity as a ubiquitous population. You embrace your genetic make-up at conception.
Maybe Tony used a word predisposition in a opposite context. Maybe he meant which since there have been usually a small series of late football players it would be hard to determine if blows to a conduct from personification football could means Alzheimer's or dementia. Not sufficient people in a representation to come to a conclusion.
Well here is what you know so far. The National Football League consecrated a study. The investigate was conducted by a University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. The investigate was conducted via telephone. So a methodology could be called in to question.
Here is what a researchers discovered:
The researchers reported which Alzheimer's mildew or insanity similar to mildew appears to have been diagnosed in a league's former players some-more often than in a inhabitant race -- together with a rate 19 times a normal rate for group ages thirty through 49.
Michigan researchers additionally found which 6.1 percent of players age 50 as well as older reported which they had received a dementia-related diagnosis -- this is 5 times higher than a inhabitant average.
Source: One Out of Every Sixteen Retired NFL Players Could Suffer from Alzheimer's or Dementia During Their Lifetime as well as University of Michigan Institute for Social Research -- Study of Retired NFL Players
Tony competence want to demeanour at this story I wrote upon Oct 1 -- The NFLs Dirty Little Secret--Early Onset Alzheimer's at a Young Age.
Tony as well as Mike competence confirm to do 5 great mins with Brent Boyd. Boyd, a former N.F.L. lineman, who began experiencing mental recall loss as well as dementia-related symptoms in his 40s.
In Boyd's box a National Football Leagues plan-appointed doctor resolved which football could not be organically obliged for all or even a major portion of his condition". As a result, Boyd did not embrace payments for a condition from a pension plan.
I was told once which a owners would never open up this can of worms commendatory any connection between brain injuries with N.F.L. football. Now which explain is transparent to any in accord with person. I dont consider theres any way they can have their box anymore. Id similar to to see how they try to weasel out of it this time.
Well Brent, it right away appears a NFL is removing worried. Just dual weeks ago they changed a manners for dealing with concussions. Now players must lay out after suffering a concussion. It is expected these brand new manners will be strenghtened during a off season.
It is expected which a brand new investigate as well as Brent's difference have a NFL worrying about a legal liability they could be facing. In other words, MONEY talks. So eventually they have been forced by economics to demeanour in to a problem.
In October, 60 Minutes jumped in with their inform -- Study Links Concussions To Brain Disease.
At a time I wrote this story -- 60 Minutes A Blow To The Brain -- This is Your Brain upon Football.
In a story I enclosed a shared video of a 60 Minutes segment. It starts with Tim Tebow laying upon his behind upon a football field -- knocked out as well as concussed.
This 60 Minutes story served as a wake up call. To a National Football League as well as to relatives of young kids personification football.
I know it woke up Mike Wilbon. A integrate of weeks ago upon Pardon a Interruption he said which his young son wouldn't be personification football.
There have been a prolonged list of articles right away available upon this issue. This emanate has been covered in great item by a New York Times, a Washington Post, as well as by 60 Minutes. It is no longer a dirty small secret.
There you go Tony as well as Mike. I'll leave it to Tony Reali to get you up to speed. You competence consider you do FIVE GOOD MINUTES upon this issue.
I'm certain you will be removing a great education upon this subject from ESPN in a not to apart future. This is a great thing for a relatives of sons personification football.
It won't be a great thing for a NFL. They will need to brand a great solution to a flourishing problem with concussions -- they need to do it NOW.
If a NFL can't come up with brand new manners as well as improved equipment (helmets), a sport could become an endangered species.
Right Mike?
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