For Melissa Brymer, who witnessed the aftermath of her ex-husband's professional sports career, the question raised by CTE is more immediate. Will she let her boy play football, running the same risks as his father?
"I could never see my son turn hollow like that," she says. "I do not want him anywhere near the sport."
Headaches, tell mle about it. I played all four years of college football at USC with a headache. In fact, many people wondered why I did not try out for professional football, and that was it. I looked forward to the end of the headaches. Would I do it again? Yes, but that is because I seem to be okay, although some of my family and friends wonder about that. I seem to be at my best when I am writing, so I blog political commentary a lot. Keeps my mind in tune, I think.
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