Members of Congress Ask NFL for Information on CTE Study Intervention

March 25, 2016   ·   Joseph Zucker   ·   Jump to comments

The NFL may soon have to answer for why it pulled its funding on a Boston University study into the links between playing football and neurodegenerative diseases such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, commonly known as CTE.
ESPN.com's Steve Fainaru reported Thursday that four members of United States Congress have pressed the league for its intervention in the research: "The letter, which was sent Wednesday to Commissioner Roger Goodell, includes new information showing how the NFL engaged in a monthslong campaign to derail the selection of Dr. Robert Stern, a longtime critic, and replace him with researchers affiliated with the league."
Last December, Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada reported for ESPN's Outside the Lines that the NFL rescinded a seven-year, $16 million grant it gave to the National Institutes of Health in 2012. League spokesman Brian McCarthy refuted the report:
On March 15, Jeff Miller, the NFL's executive vice president, admitted in front of...

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