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Warren Sapp to donate brain when he dies, says memory suffers from football career

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Hall of Famer Warren Sapp announced Tuesday that when he dies he will donate his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation because "I wanted this game to be better when I left than when I got into it."

Sapp, 44, made the announcement in a video posted on The Players Tribune. He says an email he received from former running back Fred Willis was the impetus for his decision.

Sapp said the email "had quotes form NFL owners, I mean down the line you could see it, there's no correlation between football, CTE, suicides, and all this foolish stuff .