The days leading up to Sunday’s Super Bowl 50 have been the usual spectacle of festive interviews, parties and celebrities. But now those three letters that have been haunting the NFL have popped up again.
CTE.
Former Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler, who died in July, was added this week to the growing lineup of NFL players afflicted by the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, thought to be caused by repeated blows to the head.
Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall was bothered when he heard the news during his Super Bowl preparations.
“You’ve got to look after yourself because, really, nobody else will,” Marshall told The Associated Press, adding that he has heard about players walking away from football.