Ronnie Lott Comments on Possibility He Has CTE

February 4, 2016   ·   Scott Polacek   ·   Jump to comments

While there is plenty of excitement surrounding the NFL with Sunday’s Super Bowl rapidly approaching, the issue of concussions and the resulting health problems for retired players still lingers over the game.
Former San Francisco 49ers great Ronnie Lott was asked Wednesday if he is worried about chronic traumatic encephalopathy, commonly known as CTE, and said, per Jimmy Durkin and Daniel Brown of the San Jose Mercury News, "Everyone should think they have it and then work to slow it down by working to have a better life. ... As far as symptoms, I don't have anything."
Lott was asked the question following news that former quarterback Ken Stabler was diagnosed with CTE posthumously, per a Wednesday report by John Branch of the New York Times. According to CNN.com, CTE is “a degenerative disease of the brain and is associated with repeated head traumas like concussions.”
Durkin and Brown also noted Lott recently appeared at Santa Cla...

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