The Importance Of ALS And CTE

Imagine watching the love of your life slowly wilting away to a horrendous ending due to brain trauma which could have been avoided if there had been regulations to protect your loved one. ALS and CTE are becoming very common because there aren’t many rules set to protect athletes heads. There are possible ways to prevent ALS and CTE such as changing guidelines and rules of sports to help cease these horrific diseases. It's inhumane to not help protect athletes from these traumatic diseases. With that being said we must implement a set of rules to stopping head to head contact without being punished. ALS is the abbreviated form of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. This specific disease causes damage to the body, attacking nerve cells located …show more content…
This can persist for a long time and can be emotionally disturbing or distressing. Athletes contract this by repetitive brain trauma. Boxers, and Nation Football League players are more susceptible to this disease to due the head to head contact. Difficulty thinking and impulsive behavior are just two of the effects of CTE. This can also lead to depression and suicidal thoughts, some patients who had the disease chose to take their own life due to the pain and suffering they had gone through. Diseases similar to CTE are Parkinson's disease, Huntington's, Alzheimer's, and also Dementia. Adding regulations protecting the players from head trauma in the NFL and Professional Boxing could dramatically decrease the amount of adults with …show more content…
This is from the tough contact that the players are going through. Ryan Freel was the first Major League Baseball player to be diagnosed with CTE. He had played 9 seasons with the Cincinnati Reds as a Center Fielder. While running back on a pop fly, Ryan had hit his head. He also had a concussion from being hit in the head by a baseball. In 2009 he chose to retire since he had significant brain trauma which ultimately led to his death in 2012. Another athlete with CTE is Sugar Ray Robinson, a famous boxer. Of the 198 fights a total of 173 were won by Mr. Robinson. Alzheimer’s has taken its toll on him before he had passed at age 67 in 1989. Both Freel and Robinson had obtained many blows to the head causing concussions. Concussions are well known in contact

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