High school football player Nathan Stiles — who died in 2010 after bleeding occurred in his brain during a football game — was found to have early signs of the brain injury known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, when his brain was autopsied as part of the Boston University study.
The 17-year-old didn’t die from encephalopathy, but from the brain bleed, which was probably caused by an earlier concussion that hadn’t had time to fully heal before Stiles was tackled in subsequent games.
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I have friends who have children playing Pop Warner or high school football, and I really don't understand why they allow it. Given what we know now about the long term consequences of head injuries, there is no way my son would play football or hockey. Yes, concussions can occur in other sports, but it far less likely to happen in baseball or even lacrosse. Even so, I have a one concussion ends the season policy.