(Reuters) - A top NFL official acknowledged for the first time on Monday a link between football-related concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the degenerative brain condition caused by repeated blows to the head.
The statement came from the National Football League's senior vice president for health and safety, Jeff Miller, when he was asked during a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee whether a link has been established between football and disorders such as CTE.
"The answer to that question is certainly yes," Miller said in testimony recorded in a video clip posted by the television sports channel ESPN on its website.