I’d bet CTE is common in anyone who has had a active lifestyle.
Especially those whose ‘active lifestyle(s)’ include such things as cage fighting or boxing.
They don’t call it ‘punch-drunk’ for nothing...
Doctor former player?
Agree. You can wrap your kids in cotton balls until they are 18, if you want. Athletic competition is dangerous....some ahletics more so than others. I am glad my son played high school football. It taught him how to work with a TEAM. It taught him to follow the coach’s order or don’t play. Not bad things to learn in our PC culture. Right now, I am suffering greatly because of skiing injury from 35 years ago.....herniated disc in my lumbar area. But even knowing this now, I still would have still enjoyed skiing all those years. I guess you just need to weigh the balance of the risk with the rewards. Skiing was such an exhilaration, I wish I could still do it! (but now, bad knees too, coupled with the herniated disc.....but downhill skiing was so much FUN!)