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11. Dead sport walking anyway . . .

Thu May 24, 2018, 11:20 AM

May 2018

As CTE evidence continues to strengthen, and as CTE death tolls continue to rise, they will slowly throttle the sport's only future - aspiring young players, who increasingly won't be there any more to be fed into the sports-industrial complex.

It will take 10 or 20 years, I'd imagine, but the trend is already in place.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2726124-report-shows-continuing-drop-in-high-school-football-players

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-football-youth-decline-met-20170904-story.html

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