“CTE is a terrible disease, and we need to do everything we can to prevent it for the next generation of football players,' the legendary quarterback said
Parents should consider the potential danger of traumatic brain injuries when deciding to allow their children to play tackle football, legendary NFL quarterback"Having kids play before high school is just not worth the risk," the 51-year-old said in a, Tuesday. "CTE is a terrible disease, and we need to do everything we can to prevent it for the next generation of football players.
Favre, who played 20 seasons in the NFL and won Super Bowl XXXI as the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, is the focus of a poignantIn the video, two actors — a child and a teenager — play a young Favre, who tells his parents about the chances of him developingJason Hairston's Wife Speaks Out After Former NFL Player's Suicide: 'He Was the Love of My Life'
"The more years I play, the more I'm at risk," the young Favre says. "If you put me in tackle today, by the time I'm a senior in high school, I would have played 13 years of tackle football. I could already have CTE, and it will continue to destroy my brain, even after I stop playing.", concussions are traumatic injuries generated by hits to the head or body that cause the brain to bounce around the skull.
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