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Originally Posted by cracher
I read this story in a totally different way than you did apparently. They mentioned addiction and mental health issues from early on (major junior) and really focused on mental health decline in the lockout year. CTE was brought up in 1 paragraph in passing (and obviously not proven/directly connected).
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Fair point -- untreated mental problems are a problem with or without CTE. But we can't forget that other fighters have commented on how much anxiety that role can cause on a day to day basis. Knowing you're going to get punched in the face every night... Well, if you're already an anxious person, that'll send you over the edge into a (pill) bottle or 10.