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‘You’re Ruining My Dreams’: C.T.E. Study Adds to Family Tension Over Football

Many families are engaged in tense debates after a new study found a high percentage of N.F.L. players had developed degenerative brain disease.

© Gabriella Angotti-Jones for The New York Times

For parents, the new C.T.E. study layered fear, uncertainty and guilt onto an already difficult situation.
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5 Takeaways on the Fallout From an Alarming C.T.E. Study

At least one in four N.F.L. players, and likely a much higher percentage, had the brain disease when they died. Will anything change?

© Kristian Thacker for The New York Times

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy can be diagnosed only posthumously.
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