I'm happy that awareness is being raised about football players and CTE. It is very important. Thanks for posting this, sync pulse.
I remember between 2000 and 2005, people would trash steroids, and I would always think and say "Where are the bodies?", which is exactly what John Romano said in his interview with HBO.
In 2004, we had the first death of a "chemical era" bodybuilder die - Sonny Schmidt. Then in May of 2005, Don Youngblood passed away. Not coincidentally, they were also the oldest of that era of bodybuilders - ask yourself: how many bodybuilders who competed from 1992 onward [when Dozer started winning his Sandows] were born before 1953? Not very many - and certainly not very many who were former top six Mr. Olympia competitors or Master's Mr. Olympia winners. So literally two of the oldest died.
Then as the years passed, we saw more deaths, in addition to other problems. Recall kidney-colon-dead.jpg.
Now in 2017, it's virtually impossible to deny the toll that competitive bodybuilding at the professional as well as the top amateur level has on competitors.
This relates to football in that CTE has only recently become known as being a problem. Players used to have concussions and literally go back to play in the same game. I recall a case where that happened, but the name of the player escapes me.
It all starts with posts like that of sync pulse above - the more people talking about this and learning about it will be beneficial in the long run. Unfortunately, people tend to do things when they are young that they regret later in life.
