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by heygrady 3244 days ago
Early studies (2012) found that high school students had CTE [1]. When the issue broke nationally a few years ago, early indicators were that high school students were at higher risk than older athletes [2]. There have been some doctors that claim to be able to diagnose living people with CTE [3]. However, concussions are difficult to diagnose [4] and may go unreported. Sadly, one common side effect of concussions is suicidal thoughts [5]. Which is one of the main reasons people are asking if football is worth the risk [6].

[1] http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/schooled_in_sports/2012/12/lo...

[2] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/high-school-footba...

[3] http://www.tsn.ca/a-possible-breakthrough-on-testing-cte-1.2...

[4] http://www.traumaticbraininjury.net/why-concussions-are-so-h...

[5] http://www.gq.com/story/the-concussion-diaries-high-school-f...

[6] https://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahaelle/2017/07/26/is-footba...