Patspsycho

In what is sure to be a benchmark discovery, ex-Bengals receiver Chris Henry's brain was found to have degenerative brain damage caused by multiple hits to the head.

Henry's mother gave the go ahead for the Brain Injury Research Institute (BIRI) to examine his brain.

I believe that this is the first find of its kind, where the brain of a NFL player at his peak was examined at this point in his life, and so early.

This is not good news for current players or former players, and may mark the beginning of significant changes in terms of post-career health care.

Report: Henry had degenerative brain damage - NFL- nbcsports.msnbc.com

PatsWickedPissah

Please...such disconcerting information is counterproductive to the owners' mad rush to grow revenue by expanding to an 18 game season

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BradyManny

I hope this gets enough attention in the media to deter any talk of adding more games for these players.

I also hope it makes people realize that old-school football is a thing of the past, and should be. The athletes are too fast, big and violent these days. The game needs to be reined in.

There's nothing manly about being an invalid by the time you hit 50.

patriotscpfc

18 game season is ridiculous anyway.

But this is pretty shocking.

Bearing in mind that he didn't play a massive amount anyway in the few years he was in the NFL, to have that much damage is bad.

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KontradictioN

Someone refresh my memory because I couldn't find evidence of it on Google, but did Chris Henry ever have a concussion in his professional career?

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MassPats38

This article says he was never diagnosed with a concussion during his career.

KontradictioN

This is especially bad news for guys like Ted Johnson, Steve Young, and Ben Roethlisberger. If Henry had that much damage, imagine what their brains must look like.

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Tunescribe

More fodder for Goodell to push further legislation toward flag football. But seriously, I don't see how things could be any worse now than they were in the '50s or '60s when players led with their heads and had inferior helmet protection.

MassPats38

These guys take huge hits, regardless of whether they get concussions as a result. Given his young age, it certainly says something. Then again, given the NFL's history with concussions, the fact he was not "diagnosed" with concussions may not mean much. But I agree, it doesn't bode well for the guys with significant career damage.

Then again, if your options are poor and healthy or rich and damaged, what choice do you make? Fans will not pay $120 to watch frisbee football, so the violence stays. Hopefully, the protective gear continues to improve. In the modern NFL with its quick, athletic monstrosities at every position, it would be tough to make the game completely safe without removing the contact emphasis, and then it isn't football anymore.

BradyFTW!

Bingo. Frankly, as the consumers who make the NFL as lucrative and high-stakes as it is, I do think that we have some responsibility in making sure that reforms are made. What we've learned about the nature of brain trauma in recent years is a game-changer, and it's exposed some pretty terrible consequences to our entertainment. Before, we just didn't know, but now we do and we really need to demand change. And yes, that means voting with your wallet if the league doesn't adequately address these issues.

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