How bad is the NFL's CTE problem? A new study just answered that and it's grim
- Posted on August 25, 2026
- By The Times of India
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How bad is the NFL's CTE problem? A new study just answered that and it's grim
A study published Tuesday in the British Medical Journal has put a number to what many in football have long feared. At least one in four NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative brain disease better known as CTE.