Football is an extraordinarily popular sport, and the whole game is played around this issue. The whole makeup of the game involves these subconcussive hits. I don’t know how they’re going to solve that problem. I don’t think they know how they’re going to solve that problem. Ann McKee Read Quote
They’re elite athletes. They’re amazing athletes. That’s why I love football. I mean, it’s incredible to me to see them go out for an unbelievable pass and actually make the catch. It’s just an amazing game of athleticism and skill. They’re different; there’s no question. They’re huge, they’re fast, and they’re all these wonderful things. Ann McKee Read Quote
The thing you want your kids to do most of all is succeed in life and be everything they can be. And if there’s anything that may infringe on that, that may limit that, I don’t want my kids doing it. Ann McKee Read Quote
Certainly, our work has identified CTE in many professional football players, but we’re also seeing it in a very high percentage of college players. Ann McKee Read Quote
Is there a way that we would actually recognize the game of football with fewer tackles and fewer collisions? I’m not sure. But I think that’s the direction we’re going to have to go. Bigger fields? Fewer players on the field? I think we are ultimately going to have to change some of the major rules of the game. Ann McKee Read Quote
Junior Seau’s CTE finding raises a lot of issues for everyone. He is such a beacon. He was so young when he died. He was an active player for so long. He was such an amazing individual who was well loved by his teammates and his community. Ann McKee Read Quote
