Retired Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre does not believe tackle football is safe for children and fears that he may be suffering the long-term effects from 'probably thousands' of concussions over his 20-year career.
As he explained to Megyn Kelly on Thursday’s show, the 48-year-old Favre does not know if he suffers from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) – the degenerative brain disease linked to concussions, which can only be diagnosed posthumously – but he has been showing troubling signs.
'Simple words that normally would come out easy in a conversation, I'll stammer,' said Favre, who played in 321 straight NFL games - a record for quarterbacks. 'Look, I'm 48 years old. Having played 20 years, could it just be, as we all like to say, we get a little bit older? Yeah, I forgot my keys and they were in my hand. Where are my glasses, and they're on your head. You know, I wonder if that's what it is, or do I - do I have early stages of C.T.E.? I don't know.'
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I've dealt with this for years. It's real and only gets worse. I had countless concussions and have been knocked unconscious several times. Now, I don't recall a major portion of my childhood, best friends from high school are strangers to me, and I don't remember major moments in my kids' lives. It's kind of the opposite of dementia: my short term memory is better than long term.
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You cannot protect people from life, any sport you play their is risk of injury and as for youth football they have so many rules today I’ve never seen a concussion in my 15 years of participating in youth football. As for Brett he made a choice to make millions by playing football and now he wants to deny others the same opponents. If it was that dangerous why did he make so many comebacks?
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