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More Cognitive Issues for NFL Players Who Started Playing Football Young

NFL veterans who started playing tackle football before the age of 12 are more likely to have cognitive difficulties after their careers, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal Neurology. Researchers tested 42 former players on their …

Study Casts Doubt on Theory That Retired NFL Players Suffer Unique Cognitive Disorder

The media have widely reported that retired NFL players are at risk for a neurodegenerative disorder called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which causes symptoms such as aggression, depression, suicidality and progressive dementia. But a study of retired NFL players, led …

Repeated Head Trauma Leads to Newly Recognized Brain Disease

Reports on the danger of head trauma in athletes and soldiers has pervaded the news in recent years. NFL and NHL player deaths have catapulted this problem into the limelight, with stories appearing in the New York Times, NPR, ESPN, …

Players Irked That NFL to Require Thigh, Knee Pads in 2013

The NFL’s move to make thigh and knee pads mandatory equipment for the 2013 season already has drawn criticism from the guys who will have to wear them. Not long after Atlanta Falcons President Rich McKay, chairman of the competition …

NY Judge Limits NFL in Workers Compensation Cases

A New York judge says the NFL must be limited in how much money it can recover when injured NFL players receive state workers’ compensation awards. Judge Paul Crotty wrote in a decision Friday that the NFL sometimes wants to …