Show Notes
How common is CTE among NFL players overall?
We have never had a good answer.
A new study published this week in The BMJ gives us the best attempt yet.
Ninety-three percent of the former NFL players whose brains were examined in a major new study had CTE.
That means at least one in four players. At least.
Scott & A discuss.
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One in four is a whole lot.
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