It makes common sense that children, whose brains are rapidly developing, should not be hitting their heads hundreds of times per season. Ann McKee More Quotes by Ann McKee More Quotes From Ann McKee Kids' brains are developing. Their heads are a larger part of their body, and their necks are not as strong as adults' necks. So kids may be at a greater risk of head and brain injuries than adults. Ann McKee injuries body strong brain Dave Duerson had classic pathology of CTE and no evidence of any other disease. Ann McKee any evidence classic disease I just want to make sports safe for our kids. Ann McKee just safe want sports We've now found CTE in former NFL players who played every position except kicker. Ann McKee players who now position Is a concussion going to lead to CTE? No, probably not in most cases. But if you have enough concussions over a certain amount of time, yes, then I think you can lead to CTE. Ann McKee think you enough time We're hoping that there is large-scale recognition that CTE is a risk when playing football. Ann McKee playing recognition risk football Certainly, our work has identified CTE in many professional football players, but we're also seeing it in a very high percentage of college players. Ann McKee professional college work football It's almost un-American to say that you want to change football. Ann McKee you change want football I'm concerned about the future of football, because we have paid a lot of attention to concussions. We are more aware of concussions. But it's really the repetitive minor injuries, the ones that are asymptomatic that occur on almost every play of the game, the sub-concussive hits: that's the big problem for football. Ann McKee game future problem football Is there a way that we would actually recognize the game of football with fewer tackles and fewer collisions? I'm not sure. But I think that's the direction we're going to have to go. Bigger fields? Fewer players on the field? I think we are ultimately going to have to change some of the major rules of the game. Ann McKee game think change football CTE itself does not cause death. You don’t die from CTE. What CTE does is it changes your behavior and your personality. Ann McKee That Vincent Jackson brain showed stage 2 CTE should no longer surprise us ; these results have become commonplace. What is surprising is that so many football players have died with CTE and so little is being done to make football, at all levels, safer by limiting the number of repetitive subconcussive hits. Ann McKee CTE will not disappear by ignoring it, Read MoreNFL players need to actively address the risk that football poses to brain health and to support the players who are struggling. Ann McKee
