My son was a goalkeeper in soccer, and he luckily never had much head trauma. He never had any concussions or anything. I really wanted him to play football, but now I'm thankful he didn't.
It's almost un-American to say that you want to change football.
Dave Duerson had classic pathology of CTE and no evidence of any other disease.
I started out as a neurologist. I then trained in neuropathology and was focused on neurodegeneration. So, for years, I studied Alzheimer's, aging, Parkinson's, that kind of thing.
If football is your passion in life and you would rather play football for 20 years and have a shortened life span, that's your choice.
We're hoping that there is large-scale recognition that CTE is a risk when playing football.
