After years of studies, a film and players speaking out on their own, the NFL have finally admitted that there is a definitive link between football and CTE later in life.
The NFL’s top health and safety officer, Jeff Miller, acknowledged Monday there is a link between football-related head trauma and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE — the first time a senior league official has conceded football’s connection to the devastating brain disease.
“The answer to that question is certainly yes,” Miller said.
We’ve known this for years at this point. With the NFL making an official concession, what happens next?