NFL Players Association President Eric Winston told BuzzFeed News on Friday that players are not surprised by this week’s revelation that the NFL interfered with the direction of funds for CTE research.
On Monday, a report by the Democratic members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce found NFL officials tried to steer “unconditional” funding for the National Institutes of Health away from a Boston University researcher who has been critical of the league’s response to CTE. The Boston University study, which is researching CTE, was instead funded by taxpayers.
CTE is a degenerative brain disease has so far been found in the brains of 90 deceased former NFL players.