ESPN reporting Tony Dorsett has signs of CTE (linked to dementia)

[Kingofalldems]

Along with 2 other ex NFLers, Leonard Marshall and Joe DeLamiellure.

https://www.twitter.com/SportsCenter

[Condem]

1. Don't want to be cynical over this awful news...

...but is anyone surprised?

[Kingofalldems]

2. I'm not at all surprised.

The macho football coach culture bears a lot of responsibility.

[Upton]

3. Responsibility for what?

No HC in his right mind is going to instruct his team to play soft...and the dangers behind head injuries and concussions weren't known back in the days of Dorsett and Marshall anyway..

[Kingofalldems]

4. They didn't know concussions were bad?

Of course they did. I knew of 'punchy' ex boxers as a child. Surely the coaches knew, maybe not as much as now but they knew. And very little has been done about it.

[Upton]

5. No way were head injuries even talked about like they are now..

and I'm not at all sure what you expected football coaches to do about suspicions based on little more than punchy boxers.

Football is a high risk, high reward profession..nothing needs to be done other than putting the information out there so everyone can make an informed decision.

[madinmaryland]

6. Forty years ago? Ali was the Greatest as was OJ Simpson. There may have been some

evidence at the time, but if there were issues, it was blamed on drugs and alcohol.

[Kingofalldems]

7. The point now is what will the NFL do about it?

I know they are busy trying to hush the whole business up.

[Auggie]

10. It's the game. Trauma is seen in high school players too.

[Auggie]

9. No. And I expect we'll hear from many more players.

[KamaAina]

8. I remember Leonard Marshall, too

vaguely. The other guy, not so much. But still....

When the blithering idiots say "He didn't leave anything out on the field", they were right.