New study finds at least 24.5 percent of NFL players who died from 2016 to 2021 had CTE

The NFL may not be interested in doing business with the New York Times , after all.

As the league and The Athletic (owned and operated by the Times ) reportedly discuss a content partnership that would create a clear conflict of interest for the Times , the Times has exercised its uncompromised-for-now independence by publishing and heavily promoting multiple articles that further underscore the long-term health risks of playing pro football.

Via John Branch of the Times , a new study from The BMJ finds that at least 24.5 percent of all former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE.

Of the 878 who died during that period, at least…

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