New study links American football to severe brain trauma, prompting calls for fans to boycott

Research highlighting the prevalence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) among professional football players has intensified concerns over head injuries, leading commentators to urge audiences to stop supporting the sport ahead of the new season.

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The GuardianMostly Factual12h ago

CTE in football players is a health crisis. It’s time for us to stop watching

A new study offers more evidence that America’s biggest sport produces life-altering head trauma. The NFL will never turn itself off, so it’s on fans to do so As a new NFL season begins this Wednesday, the danger of America’s most-watched sport has never been more clear. A new and widely circulated study published in the British Journal of Medicine examined the donated brains of former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 and compared them with the overall number of players who died dur...

By Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva

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New study links American football to severe brain trauma, prompting calls for fans to boycott

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CTE in football players is a health crisis. It’s time for us to stop watching

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