Is Cam Skattebo’s Apology Enough to Silence the Outrage Over His Controversial CTE Joke?
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“He can see what it’s all about,” Nowinski said.
Of the 15,000 pledges for donated brains, Nowinski said there are hundreds of former NFL players who have signed up with his foundation. Of organs currently collected for study, Nowinski estimated that the bank has about 500 brains from former NFL players who are deceased.
It has been nearly a decade since Dr. Ann McKee, director of Boston University’s CTE Center, co-authored a study that revealed CTE was found in 99% of deceased former NFL players (110 of 111) studied. A more recent study of athletes from a wide range of sports that included exposure to contact determined that CTE was found in over 40% of subjects who died before the age of 30.



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