Senate recommendations must go beyond concussion and look into the risk of the brain disease from environmental exposure
e are at the crossroads when it comes to addressing the issue of brain trauma in sport. Increasing numbers of athletes and their families are revealing their daily struggles resulting from a history of repetitive hits to their brains. Studies showing long-term impairments are also escalating concern in the community.
We cannot keep diverting the attention away that repetitive physical trauma is the major contributor to CTE This is the issue that isn’t discussed as publicly or as widely as it should be because it is a difficult concept for the lay sports enthusiast to grasp – that the physicality, the fabric that makes these sports addictive to play and watch, could be damaging our brains.I have previously spoken to journalists who have empathised with my concerns but have admitted that it is too difficult to write about. Concussion is much easier to explain and much more newsworthy .
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