Dear @Scienceofsport: Thanks for posting⬇️
Rudy was so much worse than @AndyBullatGNM reported. You're being misled (or misleading) so badly that @WorldRugby needs to call an EMERGENCY full-day #CTE conference & listen to the world's experts. A thread: world.rugby/the-game/playe…
I'm shocked @WorldRugby gave (& continues to give) their platform to a neuropath to claim in the video below that @annmckeemd is mistaking Alzheimer's for #CTE. That's not even sophisticated gaslighting - it'd be laughable it wasn't so unbelievably sad (for Rudy & @WorldRugby)
Dr. McKee was 1st an expert in AD before she was the lead author of the NINDS consensus diagnostic criteria for CTE. The @nytimes article was based on a peer-reviewed publication in the prestigious @JAMA_current.
You're letting this guy try to undercut her credibility like that?
It's obvious the message you guys at @WorldRugby are going for here is that if Dr. McKee is wrong, all #CTE research is wrong. The problem you now have is that these claims are so obviously stupid & refutable that we all have to wonder what you are up to.
What do we have, 10 million people playing rugby worldwide? And now their governing body appears to be engaging in a global misinformation campaign? Why? It's one thing to debate the science, but this is not that. I'd find it hard to believe you didn't know what he'd say.
@WorldRugby @dominicrumbles @Scienceofsport please let me know what you plan to do. Platforming & distributing (and thus endorsing) obvious falsehoods about #CTE while recruiting children to play is simply unforgivable. I look forward to hearing how you plan to rectify it.
Inviting actual #CTE experts @annmckeemd @WillStewNeuro @drmbuckland @grinberg_t @GGKovacsBrain @JohnCraryMDPHD to help you get your facts straight is a start, but it's not enough. Asking @NINDSnews & @CDCgov why they concluded, in effect, that rugby causes CTE, would be smart.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Chris Nowinski, Ph.D.

Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @ChrisNowinski1

Nov 10
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?
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…
Read 8 tweets
Oct 11
Paul McCrory, former CISG head propped up by the sports industry as a #CTE & #concussion expert, has 9 more papers RETRACTED, including 1 for lying about critical historical concussion guidelines. He's led efforts to say sports aren't the cause of #CTE.🤬medpagetoday.com/neurology/head…
The #NFL proudly gave McCrory and his #CTE denier buddies $$$$$ to study jockeys under the laughably ridiculous premise that jockey head impact exposure is similar to NFL players, so if jockeys don't have CTE, NFL CTE is not from playing football. espn.com/espn/otl/story…
Here is a direct quote from McCrory worth reading. Imagine why this study is being funded by sports leagues... so Big Tobacco. Image
Read 4 tweets
Dec 17, 2021
LISTEN: Donald Parham Jr. is at the hospital with a brain/spine injury. Joe Buck says he'd never speculate on an injury, then speculates DP's arm tremors were bc "it's cold tonight, at least by Los Angeles standards."

Ladies and gents, meet rock bottom for sports broadcasting.
Context: @ConcussionLF has only #concussion education program for sports media. Taught at 20 universities. We've offered to train football broadcasters for free. Turned down bc #NFL provides their own training on concussions. Lesson 1: Don't say the c word concussionfoundation.org/programs/media…
The coverage of #DonaldParhamJr’s brain injury last night was unacceptable.

We created the @ConcussionLF Media Project to train sports media how to cover #concussions accurately and responsibly.

Better coverage helps protect kids like these:
Read 4 tweets
Jul 29, 2020
(1/7) If your child has a #concussion, do you trust their coach will do the right thing? Are you sure?

This secretly recorded shock video shows @bentoncardinals girls' HS basketball coach threatening a player who reported concussion symptoms to her athletic trainer.

Watch:
(2/7) Coach Kerstyn Bolton threatened her player with the "worst 30 minutes of her life" in practice because the player did the right thing and reported her symptoms.
(3/7) Bolton compared her own THIGH INJURY (!!) to her player's potential brain injury, calls the player selfish for not pushing through, and even praised a teammate who played through a past concussion.

newspressnow.com/multimedia/vid…
Read 7 tweets
Nov 14, 2019
I have serious questions surrounding the medical care of Michigan State QB Brian Lewerke & his apparent concussion in the Illinois game last week. Based on the player’s self-report, I believe Lewerke should be diagnosed with a concussion. Thread 👇freep.com/story/sports/c…
Disclosure: MSU invited me to lecture on concussions & CTE last year, & I have a tremendous amount of respect for the medical team. But I feel the need to speak up as I believe public statements are setting the wrong example for youth sports on concussion recognition & response.
Video: Watch MSU QB Brian Lewerke run left and strike his head on an opponent's knee. He is clearly slow to get up, and his teammate immediately waived to the sideline, presumably for medical help.

He stayed in the game. The next play he threw a bad interception.
Read 14 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(