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Ronnie Lott Comments on Possibility He Has CTE

While there is plenty excitement surrounding the NFL with Sunday’s Super Bowl rapidly approaching, the issue of concussions and the resulting health problems for retired players still lingers over the game.

Former San Francisco 49ers great Ronnie Lott was asked Wednesday if he was worried about chronic traumatic encephalopathy, commonly known as CTE, and said, per Jimmy Durkin and Daniel Brown of the San Jose Mercury News, "Everyone should think they have it and then work to slow it down by working to have a better life. ... As far as symptoms, I don't have anything.