For the first time ever, a senior NFL official publicly acknowledged that there's a link between football and the degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
The NFL's senior vice president for health, Jeff Miller, made the admission during a roundtable discussion on concussions that was held on Monday in Washington, D.C. The panel was put together by the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Energy & Commerce, according to ESPN.com.
During the discussion, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois got right to the point with Miller.
"Do you think there is a link between football and degenerative brain disorders like CTE?