CTE, or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, is commonly found in US footballers, and has now been found in 2 Australians who played NRL. Their identities are confidential.

Caused by repeated concussions and blows to the head, CTE exhibits symptoms akin to Alzheimer’s Disease, however, it is only with a post-mortem of the brain that CTE can definitively be proven.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/groundbreaking-discovery-in-nrl-brain-disease-crisis/news-story/d25518cecdd18a4c371ffd8935ad675b

Divine Angel said:

CTE, or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, is commonly found in US footballers, and has now been found in 2 Australians who played NRL. Their identities are confidential.

Caused by repeated concussions and blows to the head, CTE exhibits symptoms akin to Alzheimer’s Disease, however, it is only with a post-mortem of the brain that CTE can definitively be proven.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/groundbreaking-discovery-in-nrl-brain-disease-crisis/news-story/d25518cecdd18a4c371ffd8935ad675b

But gridiron players wear helmets.

They’re still getting concussions though.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concussions_in_American_football

And there was a movie made about it too

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concussion_(2015_film)

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

CTE, or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, is commonly found in US footballers, and has now been found in 2 Australians who played NRL. Their identities are confidential.

Caused by repeated concussions and blows to the head, CTE exhibits symptoms akin to Alzheimer’s Disease, however, it is only with a post-mortem of the brain that CTE can definitively be proven.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/groundbreaking-discovery-in-nrl-brain-disease-crisis/news-story/d25518cecdd18a4c371ffd8935ad675b

But gridiron players wear helmets.

The helmets don’t help. The concussion is caused by the brain bouncing around inside the skull. Helmets tend to stop skull fractures. There is some suggestion that players wearing helmets is worse because they hit harder and have more violent g-forces inside their heads.

party_pants said:

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

CTE, or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, is commonly found in US footballers, and has now been found in 2 Australians who played NRL. Their identities are confidential.

Caused by repeated concussions and blows to the head, CTE exhibits symptoms akin to Alzheimer’s Disease, however, it is only with a post-mortem of the brain that CTE can definitively be proven.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/groundbreaking-discovery-in-nrl-brain-disease-crisis/news-story/d25518cecdd18a4c371ffd8935ad675b

But gridiron players wear helmets.

The helmets don’t help. The concussion is caused by the brain bouncing around inside the skull. Helmets tend to stop skull fractures. There is some suggestion that players wearing helmets is worse because they hit harder and have more violent g-forces inside their heads.

Fair point.

party_pants said:

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

CTE, or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, is commonly found in US footballers, and has now been found in 2 Australians who played NRL. Their identities are confidential.

Caused by repeated concussions and blows to the head, CTE exhibits symptoms akin to Alzheimer’s Disease, however, it is only with a post-mortem of the brain that CTE can definitively be proven.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/groundbreaking-discovery-in-nrl-brain-disease-crisis/news-story/d25518cecdd18a4c371ffd8935ad675b

But gridiron players wear helmets.

The helmets don’t help. The concussion is caused by the brain bouncing around inside the skull. Helmets tend to stop skull fractures. There is some suggestion that players wearing helmets is worse because they hit harder and have more violent g-forces inside their heads.

This.

In early days of bike helmets, some of the helmets actually caused skull factures.