Black Football Players With Cte. Omalu is credited with first discovering cte in professional football players. Former tackle football players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head hits, doubled their risk of developing the worst forms of the disease.
However, an increasing number of former players are reporting symptoms of cte. Robert cantu stressed that football is not the only cause of cte. Soldiers as well as hockey, soccer, and even water polo players are among the many at risk by alex raskin sports news editor.
Players with cte were 1/10th as likely to have played <4.5 years and were 10 times as likely to have played >14.5.
Robert cantu stressed that football is not the only cause of cte. A large number of former american football players have been diagnosed with or have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or cte. A recent gq piece examined the high rate of cte in high school football players, while centering on a story about a white student who had meticulously tracked his cognitive decline. Known as an ironman of the sport, webster’s career spanned 16 seasons of which he was named to the pro.