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Do you think most sports stars will end up having CTE?

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The NFL is full of cases where deceased stars show signs of CTE in their brain. The thing with CTE is, that it comes on due to repeated head trauma. It's what Aaron Hernandez had when they did an autopsy on his brain. He had CTE like many other players before him.

It's a big thing in the pro wrestling world as well, many argued that Chris Benoit had the brain of an 80+ year old and was likely not in the right state of mind when he took his family's' life and then his. An autopsy after, showed how bad his brain was.

But it goes to show, that the NFL is a dangerous sport, and it has become a lot safer, but I really think the majority of players in the NFL will end up having some CTE in their brain at the time of death. Do you think all NFL players will have it? Considering a lot of them also suffered concussions and hits in highschool and college football, so it's years upon years of head trauma.
 

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    Doing anything that causes head trauma will result in it so yes. I learned how fragile we are earlier this year after getting a brain injury in boxing that was causing me to have chronic fatigue, frequent wild mood swings, and slurred speech. After years and years of having your brain shaken especially at a pro level you will definitely have issues.