Posted on 07/27/2017 8:37:25 PM PDT by Rockitz
Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel has quit the NFL just days after the world's biggest study into a degenerative brain disease showed that it affects 99 per cent of players.
The study, which was announced on Tuesday, found that out 111 NFL players' brains examined by Boston University, 110 showed signs of damage due to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
That news so shook Urschel - who is studying for a mathematics PhD at MIT in the off-season - that he quit on Thursday, a friend told ESPN.
Urschel, who is 26, is studying spectral graph theory, numerical linear algebra and machine learning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He has already published six peer-reviewed mathematics papers and has three more that have yet to be reviewed. He's also an avid - and talented - chess player.
The player has previously complained of having his mathematical skills impaired by concussion, but until now he has maintained that he loves the sport too much to quit.
But on Thursday, just before practice, he turned in his notice without making a statement. He had been expected to compete at training camp for the position of starting center.
A friend told ESPN his decision was linked to the report.
'This morning John Urschel informed me of his decision to retire from football,' coach John Harbaugh said in a statement.
'We respect John and respect his decision. We appreciate his efforts over the past three years and wish him all the best in his future endeavors.'
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Ravens star, 26, who is also pursuing a PhD in math at MIT, RETIRES abruptly after shock study shows 99% of NFL players' brains are affected by degenerative disease CTE
Within a decade, the NFL will consist of robots battling to the death... ok, maybe a century.
The NFL is kaput. Maybe, at last, they’ll dig up the end zones at Giant Stadium.
He’s a numbers guy.
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This is going to dry up football at all levels.
“Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel has quit the NFL just days after the world’s biggest study into a degenerative brain disease showed that it affects 99 per cent of players.”
You can kiss football good bye. Let the lawsuits begin.
Rush was right.
Good for him.
I’ll predict that football is outlawed at high school and college level in at least one state within four years. Within a decade....at least six states will have it outlawed. It’s only going to be roughly twenty years left in the sport.
I question the sample in this study. The 111 brains donated for the study (out of thousands who have played) likely came from players whose families suspected brain damage.
Too late.
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I predict war will break out when that happens. Not over football. Over things that we would normally war over if we did not obsess over football for much of the year.
I abandoned the NFL completely last year, along with many friends. NFL leftists sure picked a bad year to give millions of angry white men more free time with Trump as apresidential hopeful.
It would also be interesting to see what positions those 111 played. I’m thinking ing that the position played would have a big effect on the likelihood of concussions.
The man is smart. He is getting out while his brain is still intact.
Must run in the family. His dad is a surgeon and mom is an attorney.
Very few people in any profession take the long view of life. Its not just in the NFL that you get your head bashed repeatedly and lose irreplaceable brain cells. Every day millions of young people use drugs and intoxicants and in many ways are doing the same thing. Country is getting dumber by its own hand.
Thanks to the leftists. They don’t realize that soccer is just bad.
49ers Tight End John Frank went to medical school. He retired after fiver years, and winning his first Super Bowl ring as a starter. (He won one his rookie year)
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