Founding CEO @ConcussionLF, neuroscientist, author, speaker, former @WWE Superstar. For non-CLF business inquiries: kzayotti@blueskyse.com
Nov 10, 2022 • 8 tweets • 10 min read
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)
Nov 10, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
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.
Oct 11, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
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…
Dec 17, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
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…
Jul 29, 2020 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
(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.
Nov 14, 2019 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
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.
