Deceased CFL Players' Brains Stricken with CTE

More evidence that repeated concussions might not, surprisingly, be good for the brain's long-term health.

The brains of two recently deceased Canadian Football League players were found to have been afflicted by chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a condition that arises after sustaining numerous concussions. Bobby Kuntz and Jay Roberts, who both passed away in the past year, had both donated their brains to science so that researchers could further examine links between concussions and brain deterioration. While signs of CTE were found in Kuntz and Roberts, they weren't discovered in the brains of two other CFLers, Tony Proudfoot and Peter Robbins, who died of ALS and Parkinson's Disease, respectively. The neurosurgeon who examined the brains said the results just raise more questions over how repeated concussions affect the brain, but increasingly, there is less and less doubt that playing professional football very often leads to long-term brain problems.

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