7 votes block confirming @NIH rTBI/CTE causation statement. 6 voters are seriously conflicted as CMO's & or paid consultants to NHL, NCAA, MLS, AFL & World Rugby. All facing active/potential CTE lawsuits from former players. How's the CISG CTE vote considered anything but a joke?
https://twitter.com/alanpearcephd/status/1590205594602209281
A separate 7 or so of the 29 receive 6 or 7 figure funding from those & other groups (NFL) for research on long-term effects. Most if not all are wonderful people who you'd like if you met, but COI's impact even the nicest, most ethical people.
Consider that the NCAA is literally in court in California battling the Matt Gee CTE lawsuit. If it got out their CMO backed causation, what happens next? Is he fired? Do they lose the lawsuit? Anyone know if he was recused from the vote? axios.com/2022/10/24/nca…
The NHL is facing a new lawsuit from the family of Steve Montador, who was diagnosed with #CTE. Did they vote to say hockey caused his CTE? tsn.ca/father-of-stev…
Here is the lawsuit by more than 100 former players against World Rugby. Did they vote to say rugby can cause CTE? theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul…
Lawsuits are being considered against the Australian Football League. Did they vote to say that that AFL play caused the CTE the Australian Sports Brain Bank has identified in former players? abc.net.au/melbourne/prog…
The first former MLS player was just diagnosed by the @bu_cte center. Did they vote that soccer causes CTE? nytimes.com/2022/06/28/spo…
The Concussion in Sport Group's prior 2013 and 2017 statements denying sports causes CTE have been used by some of these groups in the press or in the courts to discourage or defend lawsuits. It is absurd that anyone considers their opinion on CTE to be legitimate.
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