The NFL is set to conduct its own research into brain injuries and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) after ending its partnership with the National Institutes of Health on Thursday.
According to ESPN.com's Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru, the NFL is taking matters into its own hands after its collaboration with NIH disintegrated.
Per Fainaru-Wada and Fainaru, more than half of the $30 million the NFL donated to the NIH five years ago went unspent, with the partnership now completely dissolved.
The NFL is now contributing $100 million to its own research with more than half of that going toward the "Play Smart, Play Safe" initiative's goal of creating a safer helmet to minimize the risk of head injuries.