With the 2010
World Cup now thankfully a long - forgotten memory for the majority
of disappointed England supporters, this week Liquid
Football hopes to shed some light on the very future of English football and ponders the likely candidates we'll expect to see representing the Three Lions at the next World Cup in 2014 (assuming we get there of
Football hopes to shed some light on the very future
of English
football and ponders the likely candidates we'll expect to see representing the Three Lions at the next World Cup in 2014 (assuming we get there of
football and ponders the likely candidates we'll expect to see representing the Three Lions at the next
World Cup
in 2014 (
assuming we get there
of course).
My reaction was one
of sadness, frustration, and worry: sadness that a young athlete simply
assumed that he had CTE as a result
of a single concussion and considered it to be a death sentence; frustration that, despite concerted efforts by researchers and clinicians, along with some
in the media, to set the record straight on CTE, the prevailing media narrative continues to be that concussions or repetitive subconcussive blows «cause» chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), that CTE «causes» former athletes to commit suicide, and that such causal links are proven scientific fact (they're not); and, finally, worry: concern about the consequences
of the
football = CTE and CTE = suicide memes
in the real
world.