Dr. Bennet Omalu—the man who discovered chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)—said Thursday that obsession with CTE has caused a lack of focus on other types of brain injuries.
According to ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert, Omalu said every football player is taking a great risk with regard to potential brain injuries:
"There has been so much fascination with CTE that we are going the wrong way. CTE is just one disease in a spectrum of many diseases caused by brain trauma. If he doesn't have CTE, that doesn't mean he doesn't have brain damage. ... I've always said that every child who plays football has a 100 percent risk of exposure to brain damage.