Sport and mental health.

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I've actually read that study before. I'd hardly call the high school rates 'shockingly high'

Problem with american football is that it's not a sustainable sport. Nobody does it as an adult except maybe touch football in the back yard anyway.

I'm also not certain your point. A reason to not play american football professionally is definitely not a reason to not go jogging where there is no risk of concussion. Most sports have no risk of cte. So if that's really a concern, don't do one of those.

Like I pointed out before, every study ever done on the subject shows that sports help depression.

My point is that there at least is an issue with mental health and sports with CTE. I just wanted to see if there was anything else to talk about, especially given that the OP is so vague.

Yeah, I would wager that the rates of cte (mostly happens in professional combat sports) when compared to the overall population who does sports (millions and millions of people) is not enough to have any sort of significant statistical effect. It just gets a lot of headlines because it involves famous athletes. But the actual number of mental health problems caused by cte would be statistically drowned by the positive benefits that people get from sports.

It's a good reason to not push your kids into football. But not a good reason to not go mountain biking.