Police Say Dead Body Found In NFL Player's Basement Was A Homicide

@LEO0301 Deflection. Nice.

Hi_estComnDenomn said: @LEO0301 You're starting to attack the person instead of the argument. Please stay on topic. Also, you're missing the point to critique a comparison. What I'm saying is CTE is under-diagnosed because insurance doesn't cover the procedure. People who have been abused for years are very likely to suffer from undiagnosed CTE. That makes research and accessibility an essential cause. If you respond, please respond to the argument and leave personal attacks aside.

@Hi_estComnDenomn - am I suppose to take you seriously? This is another one of your discussions that never end. I've stated my point of view and you provided yours. Let it go! At this point I don't care.

@LEO0301 You're starting to attack the person instead of the argument. Please stay on topic.

Also, you're missing the point to critique a comparison. What I'm saying is CTE is under-diagnosed because insurance doesn't cover the procedure. People who have been abused for years are very likely to suffer from undiagnosed CTE. That makes research and accessibility an essential cause.

If you respond, please respond to the argument and leave personal attacks aside.

Hi_estComnDenomn said: @LEO0301 Most people dont, but plenty do. Most people don't get cancer, but we research that. The reason why athletes have the highest number of cases is because, like i said, the testing costs money and isn't covered by insurance. If a child or spouse has gotten knocked unconscious twice a month for years, they would most definitely be a candidate for CTE testing. Since we can't yet do it when they are alive, and the testing costs money, CTE is highly undiagnosed. Keep responding though. You're further proving my point.

@Hi_estComnDenomn - You can't equate cancer to CTE. CTE is, for the most part, avoidable. Don't use your head as a weapon and you won't have a problem. Cancer can strike anyone, even the healthiest of individuals. Maybe you should use another example, Felon.

@LEO0301 Most people dont, but plenty do. Most people don't get cancer, but we research that.

The reason why athletes have the highest number of cases is because, like i said, the testing costs money and isn't covered by insurance. If a child or spouse has gotten knocked unconscious twice a month for years, they would most definitely be a candidate for CTE testing. Since we can't yet do it when they are alive, and the testing costs money, CTE is highly undiagnosed.

Keep responding though. You're further proving my point.

Hi_estComnDenomn said: @LEO0301 Well thank you for backing up what i said, that CTE should continue to be researched because it's a bigger problem than the NFL.

@Hi_estComnDenomn - CTE is caused by "repetitive" hits to the head. Most people don't experience that. The ones who do, for the most part, are athletes who engage in violent sports. You for example, are probably a candidate since you seemingly love to have people punch you in the head. Any who, the best way to lessen the chance of getting CTE is to not play sports, like football or boxing. But many in the NFL continue to play despite the warnings because of the amount of money they can make. They know that in the real world, it's highly unlikely they could generate that type of income in a regular job.

There is no magic pill that will stop this from happening to you if you keep getting your brain bashed in. If the NFL wants to seriously address this issue, make the players stop using their heads as battering rams. They have the rules in place, now they need to enforce them. They could also come out with better helmets to absorb the impacts. They can spend a billion dollars on the research if they want or they can give that money to me and I'll provide them with the answer as to how to prevent this from happening.

@LEO0301 Also, it's a seemingly bigger problem for athletes because it costs money to test for CTE. Currently, you can only check after death, and average joes don't have the scratch to spend on extra testing. I am pretty positive that if CTE scanning advances to the point where it becomes part of regular autopsy, or detectable before death, we will see how prevalent it is for those that aren't athletes.

But again, thank you for helping me prove my point.

@LEO0301 Well thank you for backing up what i said, that CTE should continue to be researched because it's a bigger problem than the NFL.

Hi_estComnDenomn said: @LEO0301 so doctors shouldn't continue research on a concussive disease that affects veterans and battered wives and children? Alright.

@Hi_estComnDenomn - Most people who get CTE are involved in sports that involve repetitive head trauma. In other words it's totally avoidable to the largest percentage of people who deal with this issue.

"Every person diagnosed with CTE has one thing in common: a history of repetitive hits to the head.1 CTE is most often found in contact sport athletes and military veterans, likely because these are some of the only roles in modern life that involve purposeful, repetitive hits to the head. CTE has been found in individuals whose primary exposure to head impacts was through tackle football (200+ cases confirmed at the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank), the military (25+ cases), hockey (20+ cases), boxing (15+ cases, 50+ globally), rugby (5+ cases), soccer (5+ cases, 10+ globally), pro wrestling (5+ cases), and, in fewer than three cases each, baseball, basketball, intimate partner violence, and individuals with developmental disorders who engaged in head banging behaviors."

@RichardKurtz Was your response just backing mine up?