NFL players protesting law enforcement industry violence against people of color during the Star-Speckled Banana before contests is America's just deserts. The only difference between American football and Roman gladiators is the losing team isn't fed to the lions. A 2017 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found 110 out of 111 brains of those who played in the National Football League had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
The reality looks even more grim following a recent study published by the Boston University CTE Center. Diego Mastroeni, an Associate Research Professor at Arizona State’s Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center, says the outlook for teenage brain development is concerning. Researchers have found that the worst damage to brains comes from repeated blows to the head, rather than one large collision. Athletes will often fail to notice the smaller hits. “Most of those you don’t really feel,” Mastroeni said. [CTE study reveals alarming numbers about athletes who died before reaching 30]The NFL, the Fox group and the Trump Organization are among the country's most hated companies. Dissolving the NFL then ending college and high school ball can't happen soon enough.
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