Major Lie From Gary Bettman Exposed by Player Agent
The NHL and Comissionner Gary Bettman have long denied that fighting in hockey has any relation to brain injury and the condition known as CTE. It is something he continues to deny, doing so in a recent radio appearance where he became testy with the host for even asking the question.
"Now you're throwing in CTE," Bettman fired back at the host when asked whether there was any link to fighting in hockey. "We listened to the medical opinions on CTE, and I don't believe there has been any documented study that suggests elements of our game result in CTE.
Now, well-known player agent Allen Walsh is taking Bettman to task for his statement. While posting audio of Bettman's denial, Walsh posted the results of a study right next to it that show the connection has already been made.
"These researchers, which included academics from Harvard and Boston University found that previously published independent studies from the US Department of Defense, BU, and the Mayo Clinic indicated that contact sport athletes were 68 times more likely to have developed CTE than those that didn't."
Current Findings
The study, published in 2022, said a consortium of nine research universities in collaboration with the Concussion Legacy Foundation concluded that "repetitive head impacts are a definitive cause of CTE." Whether Bettman and the NHL will ever acknowledge that is anyone's guess.
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Should the NHL acknowledge that CTE and fighting in hockey are related? | ||
| Yes, it's obvious | 99 | 61.1 % |
| No, not until there's solid proof | 52 | 32.1 % |
| I'm not sure | 11 | 6.8 % |
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