mike webster Flashcards
mike webster
played pittsburg steelers
- hordworking, iron mike bcs first on/off
- won 4 super bowls, hall of fame
by 1997 hall of fame, showed phys symptoms
neglected fam, bad finances, risky, disappearances
- divorce
- self harm w taster to alleviate
died 2002 from heart attack and coma
ppl more famous after death
shakespeare
howie morenz = played for canadians, dead after post-op surgery
- death used to get attention for canadian and league in depression
dr bennet omalu
nigerian forensic scientist, autopsy
COD heart attack
build up tau proteins in brain, only seen after staining
tau proteins = impact brain region of mood, exec function, emotions
made term CTE/chronic traumatic encephalpathy
NFL and omalu
rejected findings, concern -ve attention
- asked journal to rescind it
terry long
played w webster, took own life
omalu autopsy, CTE
made 2nd findings that NFL publically denied
dr julian bailes
prev pittsburgh steelers doctor
bob fitzsimmons
webster’s fam lawyer
sport legacy institute
aka brain injury group
by omalu, bailes, fitzsimmons
andre waters
violent death, cte
2007 NFL concussion summit
event closed to media, omalu banned
- bailes prevented their research
sham intervention w false concern
NFL and concussion research
put in 100mil w no explanation
still contests claims, has stricter dementia diagnosis than healthcare system
reduce concussions via helmets, rules
NFL compensation
$1 bil to families, but not webster bcs happened before 2006 cutoff date
fam got less compensation than if NFL did…only in 2021
mikayla paolini
says NFL reacted like tobacco companies did w cancer link
- except NFL is responsible bcs employees
- denial
- creation research groups for favourable research
- emphasis on personal responsibility and risk
- built in pressure to downplay health
