A brain injury expert from Boston University is speaking out for players he feels have been unfairly excluded from a settlement deal in the class action lawsuit against the NFL over the health effects of play-related brain injury.<\/p>\n
Robert Stern filed an affidavit with the court and then took his story to the press, telling The Associated Press (AP) that the compensation in the settlement may be going to the wrong people. <\/p>\n
Stern told AP reporters that behavioral problems, including domestic violence, drug addiction and suicide, can all be caused by chronic traumatic encephalopathy — also known as CTE — a condition caused by repetitive head trauma. <\/p>\n
Right now, doctors cannot physically diagnose CTE until after a patient has died. As such, it has been difficult to link football and CTE.<\/p>\n
But a recent report on that link is causing a stir. PBS Frontline recently went in-depth on a new report (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A brain injury expert from Boston University is speaking out for players he feels have been unfairly excluded from a settlement deal in the class action lawsuit against the NFL over the health effects of play-related brain injury. Robert Stern…<\/span><\/p>\n