A prominent doctor says sports leagues ought to do more to protect players from conditions that can lead to CTE, the brain disorder caused by repeated head injuries.
Dr. Carmela Tartaglia is a clinician scientist at Toronto’s University Health Network. She’s spent part of her career studying the donated brains of deceased athletes. Her most recent work looked at the brains of hockey and football players.
Simon's name has now been added to a growing list of players from both hockey, football, and other sports that take their own lives. In many, after their death, it’s been discovered they suffered from CTE. However, one of the main challenges facing doctors today is that currently CTE can only be diagnosed once a person has died.
Speaking to reporters following this week’s general managers meetings, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was asked about the CTE claim made by the Simon family. "Once a guy dies, they'll say how tragic this is, yet they won’t advocate." Carcillo says in the video. "The NHL is the last living league to say ‘No, there isn't a plausible cause .’ They're taking a page right out of big tobacco with smoking and lung cancer."
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