Conflicting Reports Surround NFL Funding of Football-Related Head Trauma Study

December 22, 2015   ·   Tim Daniels   ·   Jump to comments

The National Football League has reportedly removed its funding from an upcoming Boston University study into diagnosing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in living athletes.
Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada of Outside the Lines reported the NFL originally provided $30 million to the National Institutes of Health for research. It retained veto power over how it would be used, however, and it backed out of the project due to concerns over lead researcher Robert Stern.
Brian McCarthy of NFL PR denied the assertions made in the report, stating the National Institutes of Health made the funding decisions, and the league didn't pull out any resources from the project:
The league was concerned about Stern's ability to remain objective due to past comments, including stating commissioner Roger Goodell inherited a "cover-up" from predecessor Paul Tagliabue and opposing a settlement between the NFL and players concerning brain damage, according to the report.
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