University of Miami great and Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Sapp announced on Tuesday that he plans to donate his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation when he dies.
Sapp, 44, said he has had memory loss in recent years, blames “the banging we did as football players,” and says he is donating his brain to research because “I want this game to be better when I left than when I got into it.”
He made the announcement on a video posted on The Players’ Tribune.
Sapp said: “Last month, Nick Buoniconti became the latest in a long line of former NFL players to reveal that he’s been suffering from the lasting effects of the hits he took during his playing career.