<p>Everyone has heard talks of head injuries in the NFL, but CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) might be the NFL's greatest challenge. It has impacted some of the league's most high profile players like Demaryius Thomas and Aaron Hernandez. There is an alarming link between playing professional football and cognitive decline, and taking concussions out of the game might not be a sufficient solution.</p>

Everyone has heard talks of head injuries in the NFL, but CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) might be the NFL's greatest challenge. It has impacted some of the league's most high profile players like Demaryius Thomas and Aaron Hernandez. There is an alarming link between playing professional football and cognitive decline, and taking concussions out of the game might not be a sufficient solution.

CTE - it's not about concussions anymore

How have sports managed to give us the world's longest running soap opera? It's the complexities taking place outside the field of play that keep things interesting. I hope to spend my gap year out of college sifting through the contractual gymnastics, PR nightmares, and everything else going on behind the scenes in our favorite leagues. Meanwhile, I'll be joined by my college friends scattered across the country. Hopefully we can figure out how New York fans have the perseverance to root for the Knicks and see where Harvard-Yale ranks in the pantheon of sports rivalries.

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