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This is discussed in the article, the mechanism is thought to be different:

>It was not chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., which is found in football players and other athletes who have been repeatedly hit in the head. It was something new.

Combat troops, and especially SOCOM, have lower rates of PTSD than other troops. That data doesn’t seem to align with your guilt hypothesis.

Concussion is a film about football players & suicide

Depression is a lot like being drunk. There’s a point where you wish you could puke and get it over with but it’s just not happening. As I understand it there’s a lot of ex football players in this state. Just hopelessly miserable but not on suicide watch. Or on their way to Parkinson’s.

They need to implement weight limits in football just like are in use in most other contact sports. You don't force boxers to go up against guys 50+ lbs heavier than they are, over and over, daily in practice and weekly in games.

How about just change it to flag football? That would prioritize speed.

NFL fans don’t want to watch flag football, generally

Do you happen to have statistics about that? I would love to see them

I think the whole point of the study is exploratory. Looking for commonality in a search of a cause or suite of factors instead of making assumptions.

Maybe it is a physical phenomenon like adrenal fatigue or brain injury, maybe it isnt; that is why people study it.

This is wild speculation, further an insult to the dead. Shame on you.

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