About this episode

This episode discusses the discovery of CTE in NFL players and the controversy surrounding the NFL's response to it.

Interesting Things with JC #1769: "Football Brain Injury Cover Up" – Dr. Bennet Omalu found CTE in Mike Webster’s brain, and the NFL’s concussion committee challenged the published finding and called for its retraction. More former players were diagnosed after death, and twelve years later researchers found CTE in 110 of 111 donated brains from former NFL players.

People in this episode

Host: JC

Topics covered

• football
• brain injury
• CTE
• NFL
• concussion
• sports medicine

Keywords

• CTE
• football
• brain injury
• NFL
• concussion
• Dr. Bennet Omalu
• Mike Webster
• sports
• health
• research

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Organizations: NFL

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