U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal continues to call out NHL commissioner Gary Bettman over the league’s stance on concussions.
Bettman recently penned a 24-page letter in response to questions from Blumenthal, stating, above all, that no definitive link had been made between concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE.
“Common sense and mounting scientific evidence show there are warning signs and clear links between brain trauma and concussions and degenerate neurological disease later in life, including CTE,” Blumenthal said Monday, according to comments published by the Hartford Courant.
“I’m here to call on the NHL to be on the right side of history and health and to show a sustained and serious care for their players in addressing this problem.